(8063) Cristinathomas Main-belt Asteroid
Discovered on 7 December 1977 by S. J. Bus at Palomar.
Cristina A. Thomas (b. 1982) is a postdoctoral research scientist at Northern Arizona University. Her 2009 Ph.D. thesis at MIT investigated the compositional links between NEAs and meteorites in conjunction with tracing their origin to main belt source locations.Naming citation (20120506/MPCPages.arc), IAU / Minor Planet Center, via NASA/JPL
Where Cristinathomas is today
Seen from above the solar system on 2026-10-14: Cristinathomas is 2.78 au from the Sun and 2.66 au from Earth. Computed from JPL's orbital elements.
Facts
| Number | 8063 |
| Provisional designation | 1977 XP2 |
| Orbit class | Main-belt Asteroid |
| Diameter | 5.26 km (#10,112 largest of 17,440 named asteroids with a measured size) |
| Albedo | 0.334 |
| Absolute magnitude (H) | 13.47 |
| Orbital period | 5.06 years |
| Semi-major axis | 2.95 au |
| Perihelion – aphelion | 2.77 – 3.12 au |
| Eccentricity | 0.0582 |
| Inclination | 2.64° |
| Closest distance between its orbit and Earth's (MOID) | 1.76 au |
Data: NASA/JPL Small-Body Database and the IAU Minor Planet Center.
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