(97472) Hobby Main-belt Asteroid
Discovered on 6 February 2000 by Needville at Needville.
The Hobby Foundation supports museums and educational organizations throughout Texas. Ten thousand schoolchildren and members of the public a year view the wonders of the heavens through the Hobby telescope at the Houston Museum of Natural Science's George Observatory.Naming citation (20091202/MPCPages.arc), IAU / Minor Planet Center, via NASA/JPL
Where Hobby is today
Seen from above the solar system on 2026-10-14: Hobby is 3.22 au from the Sun and 2.33 au from Earth. Computed from JPL's orbital elements.
Facts
| Number | 97472 |
| Provisional designation | 2000 CB41 |
| Orbit class | Main-belt Asteroid |
| Diameter | 5.28 km (#10,077 largest of 17,440 named asteroids with a measured size) |
| Albedo | 0.0530 |
| Absolute magnitude (H) | 15.67 |
| Orbital period | 5.58 years |
| Semi-major axis | 3.15 au |
| Perihelion – aphelion | 2.59 – 3.70 au |
| Eccentricity | 0.176 |
| Inclination | 9.75° |
| Closest distance between its orbit and Earth's (MOID) | 1.60 au |
Data: NASA/JPL Small-Body Database and the IAU Minor Planet Center.
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