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[gene lucas <geneluca@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>]

May I add my Very BIG Congrats to our newest solar system "partner", Jenn!

(146268) is a Main Belt asteroid, orbiting around the Sun about 1/6 the 
distance outward between Mars to Jupiter.  (According to a table at the 
MPC web pages), Absolute Magnitude H (at 1 AU) = 17.3 magn., which  
indicates a range of estimated size (depending upon reflectivity, or 
albedo) from 654 to 2,100 meters (2,146 to 6,890 feet).  Not too huge, 
but big enough to land a spaceship on it!!

Orbital period is 1275.8 d = 3.49 yrs.
Present distance, 3.497 AU from Earth, or 2.557 AU from the Sun.

Cheers,
Gene Lucas
(17250)

Tom Polakis wrote:

>Our friend Dave Healy has named one of his asteroid discoveries after Jenn!  
>She wanted asteroid number 867-5309, but we can't wait long enough for that 
>asteroid number to become available.
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>>Date: Sat, 09 Jun 2007 18:38:27 -0700
>>From: David Healy 
>>Jenn,
>>
>>It's official!  Asteroid (146268) Jennipolakis (sorry, Dr. Marsden 
>>insisted on the contraction) is prominently blazing away at magnitude 
>>22.7 in Orion.  If this makes you feel insignificant, check out the URL 
>>from JPL and run the animation--it will show just the important bodies 
>>of the inner solar system: Mercury, Venus, Earth, Jennipolakis, Mars and 
>>Jupiter. 
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>>http://ssd.jpl.nasa.gov/sbdb.cgi?sstr=146268;orb=1;cov=0#orb
>>
>>I printed out a really official ephemeris for Jennipolakis from the 
>>Minor Planet Center.  Snail-mailing it to you.
>>
>>Cheers,
>>
>>D
>>    
>>

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