(247341) Shaulladany Jupiter Trojan
Discovered on 20 October 2001 by NEAT at Haleakala.
Shaul Paul Ladany (b. 1936) competed as a racewalker for Israel in the 1968 and 1972 Olympics and set the world record for the 50-mile walk in April 1972. He survived the Holocaust and, later, the massacre at the Munich Olympics. In 2007 he was awarded the Pierre de Coubertin Medal and was inducted into the International Jewish Sports Hall of Fame in 2012.Naming citation (WGSBN Bull. 3, #5, 14), IAU / Minor Planet Center, via NASA/JPL
Where Shaulladany is today
Seen from above the solar system on 2026-10-14: Shaulladany is 5.11 au from the Sun and 4.60 au from Earth. Computed from JPL's orbital elements.
Facts
| Number | 247341 |
| Provisional designation | 2001 UV209 |
| Orbit class | Jupiter Trojan |
| Diameter | 16.3 km (#2,830 largest of 17,440 named asteroids with a measured size) |
| Albedo | 0.0880 |
| Absolute magnitude (H) | 12.57 |
| Orbital period | 11.9 years |
| Semi-major axis | 5.21 au |
| Perihelion – aphelion | 4.86 – 5.56 au |
| Eccentricity | 0.0667 |
| Inclination | 25.8° |
| Closest distance between its orbit and Earth's (MOID) | 3.98 au |
Data: NASA/JPL Small-Body Database and the IAU Minor Planet Center.