(103737) Curbeam Main-belt Asteroid
Discovered on 5 February 2000 by M. W. Buie at Kitt Peak.
Robert Lee Curbeam Jr. (b. 1962) is a retired NASA astronaut and the first person to perform four spacewalks on a single mission. While in space Curbeam helped to fix a solar panel and install a new truss in the International Space Station. He has totaled more than 37 days in space and 45 hours on spacewalks.Naming citation (WGSBN Bull. 6, #10, 6), IAU / Minor Planet Center, via NASA/JPL
Where Curbeam is today
Seen from above the solar system on 2026-10-14: Curbeam is 2.62 au from the Sun and 2.34 au from Earth. Computed from JPL's orbital elements.
Facts
| Number | 103737 |
| Provisional designation | 2000 CU108 |
| Orbit class | Main-belt Asteroid |
| Diameter | 3.38 km (#14,263 largest of 17,440 named asteroids with a measured size) |
| Albedo | 0.0610 |
| Absolute magnitude (H) | 16.18 |
| Orbital period | 4.13 years |
| Semi-major axis | 2.57 au |
| Perihelion – aphelion | 2.40 – 2.75 au |
| Eccentricity | 0.0666 |
| Inclination | 2.12° |
| Closest distance between its orbit and Earth's (MOID) | 1.40 au |
Data: NASA/JPL Small-Body Database and the IAU Minor Planet Center.
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