(73517) Cranbrook Main-belt Asteroid
Discovered on 27 March 2003 by CSS at Catalina.
Cranbrook Institute of Science in Bloomfield Hills, Michigan, is an educational institution that was a formative influence for a number of space scientists, astronomers and educators.Naming citation (20080321/MPCPages.arc), IAU / Minor Planet Center, via NASA/JPL
Where Cranbrook is today
Seen from above the solar system on 2026-10-14: Cranbrook is 2.86 au from the Sun and 2.50 au from Earth. Computed from JPL's orbital elements.
Facts
| Number | 73517 |
| Provisional designation | 2003 FG78 |
| Orbit class | Main-belt Asteroid |
| Diameter | 4.89 km (#10,837 largest of 17,440 named asteroids with a measured size) |
| Albedo | 0.128 |
| Absolute magnitude (H) | 14.76 |
| Orbital period | 5.41 years |
| Semi-major axis | 3.08 au |
| Perihelion – aphelion | 2.78 – 3.38 au |
| Eccentricity | 0.0968 |
| Inclination | 10.5° |
| Closest distance between its orbit and Earth's (MOID) | 1.79 au |
Data: NASA/JPL Small-Body Database and the IAU Minor Planet Center.
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