(112900) Tonyhoffman Main-belt Asteroid
Discovered on 20 August 2002 by R. Matson at Palomar.
Tony Hoffman (b. 1958) is a poet, writer, editor and a director of the Amateur Astronomers Association of New York. He has discovered over 70 sungrazing comets in SOHO imagery, and is codiscoverer of near-Earth object 2005 JB22.Naming citation (WGSBN Bull. 5, #28, 6), IAU / Minor Planet Center, via NASA/JPL
Where Tonyhoffman is today
Seen from above the solar system on 2026-10-14: Tonyhoffman is 2.82 au from the Sun and 3.78 au from Earth. Computed from JPL's orbital elements.
Facts
| Number | 112900 |
| Provisional designation | 2002 QS50 |
| Orbit class | Main-belt Asteroid |
| Absolute magnitude (H) | 16.39 |
| Orbital period | 4.31 years |
| Semi-major axis | 2.65 au |
| Perihelion – aphelion | 2.38 – 2.91 au |
| Eccentricity | 0.0990 |
| Inclination | 2.56° |
| Closest distance between its orbit and Earth's (MOID) | 1.40 au |
Data: NASA/JPL Small-Body Database and the IAU Minor Planet Center.
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