(52649) Chrismith Main-belt Asteroid
Discovered on 27 December 1997 by R. A. Tucker at Goodricke-Pigott.
Christine Elizabeth Smith (b. 1941) has for 21 years as an elementary school teacher inspired her students both with an enthusiasm for learning and with a sense of wonder and awareness of the natural world around them.Naming citation (20030806/MPCPages.arc), IAU / Minor Planet Center, via NASA/JPL
Where Chrismith is today
Seen from above the solar system on 2026-10-14: Chrismith is 3.19 au from the Sun and 3.58 au from Earth. Computed from JPL's orbital elements.
Facts
| Number | 52649 |
| Provisional designation | 1997 YX11 |
| Orbit class | Main-belt Asteroid |
| Absolute magnitude (H) | 14.06 |
| Orbital period | 5.30 years |
| Semi-major axis | 3.04 au |
| Perihelion – aphelion | 2.89 – 3.19 au |
| Eccentricity | 0.0495 |
| Inclination | 9.16° |
| Closest distance between its orbit and Earth's (MOID) | 1.91 au |
Data: NASA/JPL Small-Body Database and the IAU Minor Planet Center.
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