(333003) Espiritu Main-belt Asteroid
Discovered on 27 October 2008 by Mt. Lemmon Survey at Mount Lemmon.
Raymond Espiritu (b. 1971) is an American software developer of the Altimetry Working Group data product pipeline for the OSIRIS-REx asteroid sample return mission. Prior to this he supported the MESSENGER program and the Lunar Reconnaissance Orbiter Mini-RF and DIVINER instruments.Naming citation (WGSBN Bull. 3, #7, 14), IAU / Minor Planet Center, via NASA/JPL
Where Espiritu is today
Seen from above the solar system on 2026-10-14: Espiritu is 2.89 au from the Sun and 3.19 au from Earth. Computed from JPL's orbital elements.
Facts
| Number | 333003 |
| Provisional designation | 2011 HP58 |
| Orbit class | Main-belt Asteroid |
| Diameter | 3.77 km (#13,275 largest of 17,440 named asteroids with a measured size) |
| Albedo | 0.136 |
| Absolute magnitude (H) | 16.43 |
| Orbital period | 4.85 years |
| Semi-major axis | 2.87 au |
| Perihelion – aphelion | 2.58 – 3.15 au |
| Eccentricity | 0.0979 |
| Inclination | 11.4° |
| Closest distance between its orbit and Earth's (MOID) | 1.59 au |
Data: NASA/JPL Small-Body Database and the IAU Minor Planet Center.
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