(50250) Daveharrington Main-belt Asteroid
Discovered on 30 January 2000 by CSS at Catalina.
David L. Harrington (b. 1939) is a retired automobile engineer. He is a Fellow of the American Society of Mechanical Engineers and a Fellow of the American Association for the Advancement of Science. He served on the board of the Warren Astronomical Society through the 1970s and has observed many eclipses.Naming citation (20120406/MPCPages.arc), IAU / Minor Planet Center, via NASA/JPL
Where Daveharrington is today
Seen from above the solar system on 2026-10-14: Daveharrington is 2.71 au from the Sun and 3.71 au from Earth. Computed from JPL's orbital elements.
Facts
| Number | 50250 |
| Provisional designation | 2000 BW22 |
| Orbit class | Main-belt Asteroid |
| Absolute magnitude (H) | 15.4 |
| Orbital period | 4.33 years |
| Semi-major axis | 2.66 au |
| Perihelion – aphelion | 2.55 – 2.76 au |
| Eccentricity | 0.0410 |
| Inclination | 1.53° |
| Closest distance between its orbit and Earth's (MOID) | 1.56 au |
Data: NASA/JPL Small-Body Database and the IAU Minor Planet Center.
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