(207321) Crawshaw Main-belt Asteroid
Discovered on 10 April 2005 by Mount Lemmon Survey at Mount Lemmon.
Steven A. Crawshaw (b. 1950), who received his MS in Plasma Physics from Auburn University, is Director of the Introductory Physics and Astronomy Labs at the University of Arkansas Little Rock where he has taught since 1977.Naming citation (WGSBN Bull. 4, #15, 5), IAU / Minor Planet Center, via NASA/JPL
Where Crawshaw is today
Seen from above the solar system on 2026-10-14: Crawshaw is 2.82 au from the Sun and 2.38 au from Earth. Computed from JPL's orbital elements.
Facts
| Number | 207321 |
| Provisional designation | 2005 GL110 |
| Orbit class | Main-belt Asteroid |
| Absolute magnitude (H) | 15.96 |
| Orbital period | 4.58 years |
| Semi-major axis | 2.76 au |
| Perihelion – aphelion | 2.32 – 3.20 au |
| Eccentricity | 0.160 |
| Inclination | 7.15° |
| Closest distance between its orbit and Earth's (MOID) | 1.32 au |
Data: NASA/JPL Small-Body Database and the IAU Minor Planet Center.
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