(37250) Juliemitchell Main-belt Asteroid
Discovered on 30 November 2000 by LONEOS at Anderson Mesa.
Julie Mitchell (b. 1984) is an American planetary scientist who served as NASA ARTEMIS mission curator during the difficult period of early cold-sample technology development, and played a central role in developing cold sample return techniques for cometary sample return missions.Naming citation (WGSBN Bull. 3, #9, 38), IAU / Minor Planet Center, via NASA/JPL
Where Juliemitchell is today
Seen from above the solar system on 2026-10-14: Juliemitchell is 2.97 au from the Sun and 3.85 au from Earth. Computed from JPL's orbital elements.
Facts
| Number | 37250 |
| Provisional designation | 2000 WX183 |
| Orbit class | Main-belt Asteroid |
| Diameter | 9.09 km (#5,688 largest of 17,440 named asteroids with a measured size) |
| Albedo | 0.0540 |
| Absolute magnitude (H) | 14.15 |
| Orbital period | 5.62 years |
| Semi-major axis | 3.16 au |
| Perihelion – aphelion | 2.64 – 3.68 au |
| Eccentricity | 0.166 |
| Inclination | 9.19° |
| Closest distance between its orbit and Earth's (MOID) | 1.63 au |
Data: NASA/JPL Small-Body Database and the IAU Minor Planet Center.
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