(37561) Churgym Inner Main-belt Asteroid
Discovered on 13 February 1988 by E. W. Elst at La Silla.
Churgym is a small Siberian river which forms a waterfall close to the site of the 1908 Tunguska explosion, which destroyed a large area of the Tundra forest.Naming citation (MPC batch dated 2013-07-22), IAU / Minor Planet Center, via NASA/JPL
Where Churgym is today
Seen from above the solar system on 2026-10-14: Churgym is 2.13 au from the Sun and 2.99 au from Earth. Computed from JPL's orbital elements.
Facts
| Number | 37561 |
| Provisional designation | 1988 CR |
| Orbit class | Inner Main-belt Asteroid |
| Absolute magnitude (H) | 15.86 |
| Orbital period | 2.71 years |
| Semi-major axis | 1.94 au |
| Perihelion – aphelion | 1.75 – 2.13 au |
| Eccentricity | 0.0979 |
| Inclination | 23.0° |
| Closest distance between its orbit and Earth's (MOID) | 0.792 au |
Data: NASA/JPL Small-Body Database and the IAU Minor Planet Center.
Also discovered on 13 February 1988
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- (4609) Pizarro
- (4636) Chile
- (4705) Secchi
- (5115) Frimout
- (5956) d'Alembert
- (6036) Weinberg
- (6439) Tirol
- (6598) Modugno
- (6956) Holbach
- (9313) Protea
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