(95928) Tonycook Main-belt Asteroid
Discovered on 7 May 2003 by CSS at Catalina.
Tony Cook (b. 1962) is the British Astronomical Association and Association of Lunar and Planetary Observers Coordinator for Transient Lunar Phenomena. He also worked on the Mariner 10 imagery and the Clementine digital topographic map that was used during the planning of the impact of ESA's SMART-1.Naming citation (MPC batch dated 2016-05-21), IAU / Minor Planet Center, via NASA/JPL
Where Tonycook is today
Seen from above the solar system on 2026-10-14: Tonycook is 2.62 au from the Sun and 1.73 au from Earth. Computed from JPL's orbital elements.
Facts
| Number | 95928 |
| Provisional designation | 2003 JO13 |
| Orbit class | Main-belt Asteroid |
| Diameter | 3.82 km (#13,179 largest of 17,440 named asteroids with a measured size) |
| Albedo | 0.101 |
| Absolute magnitude (H) | 15.23 |
| Orbital period | 4.44 years |
| Semi-major axis | 2.70 au |
| Perihelion – aphelion | 2.28 – 3.13 au |
| Eccentricity | 0.157 |
| Inclination | 13.2° |
| Closest distance between its orbit and Earth's (MOID) | 1.29 au |
Data: NASA/JPL Small-Body Database and the IAU Minor Planet Center.
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