(60614) Tomshea Main-belt Asteroid
Discovered on 1 March 2000 by CSS at Catalina.
Thomas William Shea (1931-1982) was an American ragtime composer best known for his “prairie ragtime” style and the more than 20 “rags” he composed. He was active in ragtime and jazz in the Detroit, Michigan area throughout the 1960s and 1970s.Naming citation (MPC batch dated 2017-01-12), IAU / Minor Planet Center, via NASA/JPL
Where Tomshea is today
Seen from above the solar system on 2026-10-14: Tomshea is 2.97 au from the Sun and 3.72 au from Earth. Computed from JPL's orbital elements.
Facts
| Number | 60614 |
| Provisional designation | 2000 EU198 |
| Orbit class | Main-belt Asteroid |
| Diameter | 3.67 km (#13,522 largest of 17,440 named asteroids with a measured size) |
| Albedo | 0.250 |
| Absolute magnitude (H) | 14.62 |
| Orbital period | 4.50 years |
| Semi-major axis | 2.72 au |
| Perihelion – aphelion | 2.46 – 2.99 au |
| Eccentricity | 0.0979 |
| Inclination | 5.97° |
| Closest distance between its orbit and Earth's (MOID) | 1.44 au |
Data: NASA/JPL Small-Body Database and the IAU Minor Planet Center.
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