(7229) Tonimoore Main-belt Asteroid
Discovered on 12 September 1985 by Spacewatch at Kitt Peak.
Named in honor of Toni L. Moore, who has worked at the University of Arizona's Lunar and Planetary Laboratory since 1986 as an observer, programmer and data analyst on radial velocity observations of stars. She has devoted thousands of hours of observations to a search for planets orbiting other stars, a study of the stability of the solar spectrum and a unique investigation of p-mode oscillations in a star other than the sun.Naming citation (WGSBN Bull. 2, #16, 4), IAU / Minor Planet Center, via NASA/JPL
Where Tonimoore is today
Seen from above the solar system on 2026-10-14: Tonimoore is 1.84 au from the Sun and 1.37 au from Earth. Computed from JPL's orbital elements.
Facts
| Number | 7229 |
| Provisional designation | 1985 RV |
| Orbit class | Main-belt Asteroid |
| Diameter | 4.84 km (#10,934 largest of 17,440 named asteroids with a measured size) |
| Albedo | 0.0430 |
| Rotation period | 3.40 hours |
| Absolute magnitude (H) | 15.58 |
| Orbital period | 3.75 years |
| Semi-major axis | 2.41 au |
| Perihelion – aphelion | 1.78 – 3.04 au |
| Eccentricity | 0.262 |
| Inclination | 9.96° |
| Closest distance between its orbit and Earth's (MOID) | 0.779 au |
Data: NASA/JPL Small-Body Database and the IAU Minor Planet Center.
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