(7549) Woodard Main-belt Asteroid
Discovered on 9 October 1980 by Shoemaker, C. S., Shoemaker, E. M. at Palomar.
Named for Adrian Russell Woodard, youngest grandson of the discoverers.Naming citation (19980808/MPCPages.arc), IAU / Minor Planet Center, via NASA/JPL
Where Woodard is today
Seen from above the solar system on 2026-10-14: Woodard is 2.99 au from the Sun and 2.74 au from Earth. Computed from JPL's orbital elements.
Facts
| Number | 7549 |
| Provisional designation | 1980 TO5 |
| Orbit class | Main-belt Asteroid |
| Rotation period | 15.6 hours |
| Absolute magnitude (H) | 13.14 |
| Orbital period | 5.20 years |
| Semi-major axis | 3.00 au |
| Perihelion – aphelion | 2.73 – 3.27 au |
| Eccentricity | 0.0895 |
| Inclination | 9.69° |
| Closest distance between its orbit and Earth's (MOID) | 1.74 au |
Data: NASA/JPL Small-Body Database and the IAU Minor Planet Center.
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