(201751) Steinhardt Main-belt Asteroid
Discovered on 23 October 2003 by Sloan Digital Sky Survey at Apache Point.
Charles Steinhardt (b. 1981) is an American astronomer and a contributor to the Sloan Digital Sky Survey. He is best known for work on the accretion and evolution of supermassive black holes and probing the connection between quasars and their host galaxies.Naming citation (MPC batch dated 2013-11-17), IAU / Minor Planet Center, via NASA/JPL
Where Steinhardt is today
Seen from above the solar system on 2026-10-14: Steinhardt is 2.64 au from the Sun and 2.13 au from Earth. Computed from JPL's orbital elements.
Facts
| Number | 201751 |
| Provisional designation | 2003 UZ314 |
| Orbit class | Main-belt Asteroid |
| Absolute magnitude (H) | 16.21 |
| Orbital period | 4.70 years |
| Semi-major axis | 2.81 au |
| Perihelion – aphelion | 2.58 – 3.03 au |
| Eccentricity | 0.0801 |
| Inclination | 2.76° |
| Closest distance between its orbit and Earth's (MOID) | 1.58 au |
Data: NASA/JPL Small-Body Database and the IAU Minor Planet Center.
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