126749 Johnjones

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discoverer = B. L. Stevens
discovery_site = Desert Moon Observatory
discovered = February 20, 2002
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mp_name = 126749
alt_names = 2002 DQ1
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epoch = May 14, 2008
aphelion = 3.2805906
perihelion = 1.7745102
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period = 1467.7367609
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inclination = 15.15270
asc_node = 347.14333
mean_anomaly = 287.52585
arg_peri = 39.99901
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abs_magnitude = 15.3

126749 Johnjones (2002 DQ1) is a Main-belt Asteroid discovered on February 20, 2002 by B. L. Stevens at Desert Moon Observatory. It is named in honor of John L. Jones (1927-2006), an observational astronomer from Bellwood (and later Schaumburg), Illinois. Jones served as President of the Chicago Astronomical Society, general chairman of the annual Astrofest star party, and was also a regular lecturer at the Cernan Earth and Space Center, Triton College.

External links

* [http://ssd.jpl.nasa.gov/sbdb.cgi?sstr=126749+Johnjones JPL Small-Body Database Browser on 126749 Johnjones]