(36177) Tonysharon Main-belt Asteroid
Discovered on 30 September 1999 by LINEAR at Socorro.
Anthony P. Sharon (b. 1953) joined MIT Lincoln Laboratory in 1999 and quickly rose to be the Assistant Director of Operations. Tony contributed broadly to both the advancement of satellite communications technology and to the operations of the Laboratory enterprise. He is now Deputy Executive Vice President of MIT.Naming citation (MPC batch dated 2013-11-17), IAU / Minor Planet Center, via NASA/JPL
Where Tonysharon is today
Seen from above the solar system on 2026-10-14: Tonysharon is 2.98 au from the Sun and 2.38 au from Earth. Computed from JPL's orbital elements.
Facts
| Number | 36177 |
| Provisional designation | 1999 SJ14 |
| Orbit class | Main-belt Asteroid |
| Diameter | 7.62 km (#6,987 largest of 17,440 named asteroids with a measured size) |
| Albedo | 0.121 |
| Absolute magnitude (H) | 13.63 |
| Orbital period | 5.41 years |
| Semi-major axis | 3.08 au |
| Perihelion – aphelion | 2.93 – 3.23 au |
| Eccentricity | 0.0480 |
| Inclination | 8.60° |
| Closest distance between its orbit and Earth's (MOID) | 1.94 au |
Data: NASA/JPL Small-Body Database and the IAU Minor Planet Center.
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