(333184) Craft Main-belt Asteroid
Discovered on 11 July 2005 by Mt. Lemmon Survey at Mount Lemmon.
Kathleen Craft (b. 1977) is American planetary scientist. She played a key role in ground-truthing the image-based shape modeling technique that the OSIRIS-REX mission employed at Bennu. She is also known for her work to model fluid intrusions and fracture mechanics on ocean worlds and Ceres and hydrothermal systems on Mars.Naming citation (WGSBN Bull. 5, #15, 16), IAU / Minor Planet Center, via NASA/JPL
Where Craft is today
Seen from above the solar system on 2026-10-14: Craft is 2.41 au from the Sun and 1.45 au from Earth. Computed from JPL's orbital elements.
Facts
| Number | 333184 |
| Provisional designation | 2012 EU8 |
| Orbit class | Main-belt Asteroid |
| Absolute magnitude (H) | 17.27 |
| Orbital period | 4.11 years |
| Semi-major axis | 2.57 au |
| Perihelion – aphelion | 2.39 – 2.74 au |
| Eccentricity | 0.0670 |
| Inclination | 3.73° |
| Closest distance between its orbit and Earth's (MOID) | 1.39 au |
Data: NASA/JPL Small-Body Database and the IAU Minor Planet Center.
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