(44527) Tonnon Main-belt Asteroid
Discovered on 22 December 1998 by I. P. Griffin at Cocoa.
Anthonie Tonnon (b. 1989) is a New Zealand musician. In 2018 a chance meeting between him and the discoverer of this asteroid after a concert led to the “Synthesized Universe” project, which merged Tonnon's music with immersive visualizations of the universe in planetaria in Dunedin and Auckland.Naming citation (WGSBN Bull. 1, #8, 6), IAU / Minor Planet Center, via NASA/JPL
Where Tonnon is today
Seen from above the solar system on 2026-10-14: Tonnon is 3.11 au from the Sun and 2.77 au from Earth. Computed from JPL's orbital elements.
Facts
| Number | 44527 |
| Provisional designation | 1998 YC6 |
| Orbit class | Main-belt Asteroid |
| Diameter | 7.03 km (#7,611 largest of 17,440 named asteroids with a measured size) |
| Albedo | 0.171 |
| Absolute magnitude (H) | 13.55 |
| Orbital period | 4.60 years |
| Semi-major axis | 2.76 au |
| Perihelion – aphelion | 2.40 – 3.13 au |
| Eccentricity | 0.131 |
| Inclination | 14.0° |
| Closest distance between its orbit and Earth's (MOID) | 1.39 au |
Data: NASA/JPL Small-Body Database and the IAU Minor Planet Center.
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