(144633) Georgecarroll Main-belt Asteroid
Discovered on 21 March 2004 by Stony Ridge at Stony Ridge.
George Carroll (1902-1983) was a builder of precision instruments, heliostats, refractor and reflector telescopes from the mid-1950s through the 1970s. The discovery of (144633) was made using his largest telescope, the 0.76-m Cassegrain/Newtonian reflector at Stony Ridge Observatory in California.Naming citation (20070402/MPCPages.arc), IAU / Minor Planet Center, via NASA/JPL
Where Georgecarroll is today
Seen from above the solar system on 2026-10-14: Georgecarroll is 2.84 au from the Sun and 2.81 au from Earth. Computed from JPL's orbital elements.
Facts
| Number | 144633 |
| Provisional designation | 2004 FH80 |
| Orbit class | Main-belt Asteroid |
| Diameter | 3.36 km (#14,312 largest of 17,440 named asteroids with a measured size) |
| Albedo | 0.156 |
| Absolute magnitude (H) | 15.33 |
| Orbital period | 4.21 years |
| Semi-major axis | 2.61 au |
| Perihelion – aphelion | 2.21 – 3.01 au |
| Eccentricity | 0.153 |
| Inclination | 12.9° |
| Closest distance between its orbit and Earth's (MOID) | 1.25 au |
Data: NASA/JPL Small-Body Database and the IAU Minor Planet Center.
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