(50251) Iorg Main-belt Asteroid
Discovered on 30 January 2000 by CSS at Catalina.
Caroll Iorg (b. 1946) is a most enthusiastic amateur astronomer having been President of the Astronomical League (2010-2014) and currently serving as Media Officer. He is a past President and is currently a board member of the Astronomical Society of Kansas as well, and active in their outreach activities.Naming citation (MPC batch dated 2015-09-28), IAU / Minor Planet Center, via NASA/JPL
Where Iorg is today
Seen from above the solar system on 2026-10-14: Iorg is 2.99 au from the Sun and 2.37 au from Earth. Computed from JPL's orbital elements.
Facts
| Number | 50251 |
| Provisional designation | 2000 BY22 |
| Orbit class | Main-belt Asteroid |
| Diameter | 4.51 km (#11,617 largest of 17,440 named asteroids with a measured size) |
| Albedo | 0.138 |
| Absolute magnitude (H) | 14.79 |
| Orbital period | 4.60 years |
| Semi-major axis | 2.77 au |
| Perihelion – aphelion | 2.40 – 3.13 au |
| Eccentricity | 0.132 |
| Inclination | 2.87° |
| Closest distance between its orbit and Earth's (MOID) | 1.40 au |
Data: NASA/JPL Small-Body Database and the IAU Minor Planet Center.
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