(207901) Tzecmaun Main-belt Asteroid

Discovered on 28 October 2008 by E. Schwab at Tzec Maun.

The Tzec Maun Foundation provides free access to remote-controlled telescopes. This is the first minor planet discovered at an observatory of the Tzec Maun Foundation to be numbered.Naming citation (WGSBN Bull. 3, #13, 10), IAU / Minor Planet Center, via NASA/JPL

Where Tzecmaun is today

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Seen from above the solar system on 2026-10-14: Tzecmaun is 3.41 au from the Sun and 4.17 au from Earth. Computed from JPL's orbital elements.

Facts

Number207901
Provisional designation2008 US91
Orbit classMain-belt Asteroid
Diameter5.15 km (#10,352 largest of 17,440 named asteroids with a measured size)
Albedo0.0460
Absolute magnitude (H)15.7
Orbital period5.36 years
Semi-major axis3.06 au
Perihelion – aphelion2.68 – 3.44 au
Eccentricity0.124
Inclination9.95°
Closest distance between its orbit and Earth's (MOID)1.69 au

Data: NASA/JPL Small-Body Database and the IAU Minor Planet Center.

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