(54932) Waltharris Main-belt Asteroid

Discovered on 27 July 2001 by LONEOS at Anderson Mesa.

Walt Harris (b. 1964) is a professor at the University of Arizona who studies thin atmospheres with an emphasis on comets. He also develops instrumentation for high-resolving power spectroscopy that has been used in ground and suborbital observations of comets and the interplanetary medium.Naming citation (WGSBN Bull. 1, #2, 26), IAU / Minor Planet Center, via NASA/JPL

Where Waltharris is today

Seen from above the solar system on 2026-10-14: Waltharris is 3.63 au from the Sun and 4.62 au from Earth. Computed from JPL's orbital elements.

Facts

Number	54932
Provisional designation	2001 OH103
Orbit class	Main-belt Asteroid
Diameter	7.95 km (#6,629 largest of 17,440 named asteroids with a measured size)
Albedo	0.0230
Absolute magnitude (H)	14.98
Orbital period	5.44 years
Semi-major axis	3.09 au
Perihelion – aphelion	2.54 – 3.64 au
Eccentricity	0.178
Inclination	1.78°
Closest distance between its orbit and Earth's (MOID)	1.54 au

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

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