(61400) Voxandreae Main-belt Asteroid
Discovered on 25 August 2000 by L. Ball at Emerald Lane.
Andreae Deman (1945-2008) narrated planetarium programs at the Von Braun Astronomical Society in Huntsville, Alabama. The “Voice of Andreae” was silenced with her death from leukemia.Naming citation (20081113/MPCPages.arc), IAU / Minor Planet Center, via NASA/JPL
Where Voxandreae is today
Seen from above the solar system on 2026-10-14: Voxandreae is 2.75 au from the Sun and 1.77 au from Earth. Computed from JPL's orbital elements.
Facts
| Number | 61400 |
| Provisional designation | 2000 QM6 |
| Orbit class | Main-belt Asteroid |
| Rotation period | 4.69 hours |
| Absolute magnitude (H) | 15.31 |
| Orbital period | 4.27 years |
| Semi-major axis | 2.63 au |
| Perihelion – aphelion | 2.29 – 2.98 au |
| Eccentricity | 0.131 |
| Inclination | 11.1° |
| Closest distance between its orbit and Earth's (MOID) | 1.33 au |
Data: NASA/JPL Small-Body Database and the IAU Minor Planet Center.
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