(402920) Tsawout Outer Main-belt Asteroid
Discovered on 7 October 2007 by D. D. Balam at Mauna Kea.
Named to honor the people of the Tsawout First Nation, who live on Vancouver Island on the west coast of Canada.Naming citation (MPC batch dated 2014-10-08), IAU / Minor Planet Center, via NASA/JPL
Where Tsawout is today
Seen from above the solar system on 2026-10-14: Tsawout is 4.95 au from the Sun and 5.93 au from Earth. Computed from JPL's orbital elements.
Facts
| Number | 402920 |
| Provisional designation | 2007 TH142 |
| Orbit class | Outer Main-belt Asteroid |
| Absolute magnitude (H) | 15.75 |
| Orbital period | 7.79 years |
| Semi-major axis | 3.93 au |
| Perihelion – aphelion | 2.86 – 5.00 au |
| Eccentricity | 0.272 |
| Inclination | 12.1° |
| Closest distance between its orbit and Earth's (MOID) | 1.90 au |
Data: NASA/JPL Small-Body Database and the IAU Minor Planet Center.
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