(75852) Elgie Main-belt Asteroid
Discovered on 1 February 2000 by CSS at Catalina.
Joseph Henry Elgie (1864-1937) was an astronomy popularizer, who was elected a Fellow of the Royal Astronomical Society in 1905 and member of the British Astronomical Association in 1910. He wrote seven books on astronomy and the weather, and made radio broadcasts on the BBC in the 1920s.Naming citation (MPC batch dated 2019-12-12), IAU / Minor Planet Center, via NASA/JPL
Where Elgie is today
Seen from above the solar system on 2026-10-14: Elgie is 2.37 au from the Sun and 2.22 au from Earth. Computed from JPL's orbital elements.
Facts
| Number | 75852 |
| Provisional designation | 2000 CY |
| Orbit class | Main-belt Asteroid |
| Diameter | 3.95 km (#12,861 largest of 17,440 named asteroids with a measured size) |
| Albedo | 0.259 |
| Absolute magnitude (H) | 14.42 |
| Orbital period | 4.17 years |
| Semi-major axis | 2.59 au |
| Perihelion – aphelion | 2.31 – 2.87 au |
| Eccentricity | 0.109 |
| Inclination | 14.6° |
| Closest distance between its orbit and Earth's (MOID) | 1.34 au |
Data: NASA/JPL Small-Body Database and the IAU Minor Planet Center.
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