(85004) Crombie Main-belt Asteroid
Discovered on 29 December 2003 by CSS at Catalina.
M. Katherine Crombie (b. 1970) is a member of the OSIRIS-REx science team with responsibility for data management and archiving. Prior to her work on OSIRIS-REx she worked on the Mars Odyssey Gamma-ray Spectrometer Suite, the Phoenix TEGA and MECA instruments, and the LRO LEND instrument teams.Naming citation (MPC batch dated 2013-11-17), IAU / Minor Planet Center, via NASA/JPL
Where Crombie is today
Seen from above the solar system on 2026-10-14: Crombie is 2.42 au from the Sun and 2.66 au from Earth. Computed from JPL's orbital elements.
Facts
| Number | 85004 |
| Provisional designation | 2003 YY152 |
| Orbit class | Main-belt Asteroid |
| Absolute magnitude (H) | 16.28 |
| Orbital period | 3.52 years |
| Semi-major axis | 2.31 au |
| Perihelion – aphelion | 2.20 – 2.43 au |
| Eccentricity | 0.0511 |
| Inclination | 13.0° |
| Closest distance between its orbit and Earth's (MOID) | 1.23 au |
Data: NASA/JPL Small-Body Database and the IAU Minor Planet Center.
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