(75972) Huddleston Main-belt Asteroid
Discovered on 7 February 2000 by CSS at Catalina.
Marvin Huddleston (b. 1955) is an amateur astronomer living in Mesquite, Texas. He is a member of the Association of Lunar and Planetary Observers, the Royal Astronomical Society of London and a storm spotter with the meteorological group “Texas Coccorahs”.Naming citation (WGSBN Bull. 1, #1, 19), IAU / Minor Planet Center, via NASA/JPL
Where Huddleston is today
Seen from above the solar system on 2026-10-14: Huddleston is 3.19 au from the Sun and 3.08 au from Earth. Computed from JPL's orbital elements.
Facts
| Number | 75972 |
| Provisional designation | 2000 CM112 |
| Orbit class | Main-belt Asteroid |
| Diameter | 6.66 km (#8,056 largest of 17,440 named asteroids with a measured size) |
| Albedo | 0.0580 |
| Absolute magnitude (H) | 14.94 |
| Orbital period | 5.51 years |
| Semi-major axis | 3.12 au |
| Perihelion – aphelion | 2.62 – 3.62 au |
| Eccentricity | 0.159 |
| Inclination | 9.67° |
| Closest distance between its orbit and Earth's (MOID) | 1.62 au |
Data: NASA/JPL Small-Body Database and the IAU Minor Planet Center.
Also named after someone called Marvin
All asteroids named after someone called Marvin
Also discovered on 7 February 2000
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