(246238) Crampton Main-belt Asteroid
Discovered on 5 September 2007 by D. D. Balam at Mauna Kea.
David Crampton (b. 1942) has overseen the development of exceptionally efficient, multiplexed spectrographs for CFHT and Gemini. Using them he helped establish Canadian excellence in observational cosmology. He has also excelled in research on Galactic structure and multiple stars, including X-ray binaries.Naming citation (20120207/MPCPages.arc), IAU / Minor Planet Center, via NASA/JPL
Where Crampton is today
Seen from above the solar system on 2026-10-14: Crampton is 3.20 au from the Sun and 4.09 au from Earth. Computed from JPL's orbital elements.
Facts
| Number | 246238 |
| Provisional designation | 2007 RL274 |
| Orbit class | Main-belt Asteroid |
| Diameter | 5.66 km (#9,473 largest of 17,440 named asteroids with a measured size) |
| Albedo | 0.0350 |
| Absolute magnitude (H) | 15.47 |
| Orbital period | 5.62 years |
| Semi-major axis | 3.16 au |
| Perihelion – aphelion | 3.00 – 3.32 au |
| Eccentricity | 0.0512 |
| Inclination | 14.0° |
| Closest distance between its orbit and Earth's (MOID) | 2.04 au |
Data: NASA/JPL Small-Body Database and the IAU Minor Planet Center.
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