(353682) Maberry Main-belt Asteroid
Discovered on 19 June 2006 by Mount Lemmon Survey at Mount Lemmon.
Michael T. Maberry (b. 1952) was the Assistant Director of the Institute for Astronomy, University of Hawaiʻi, USA. He was responsible for management of Haleakala Observatories including permitting and construction of Pan-STARRS. He was Co-PI of the Maui High Performance Computing Center, where the early Pan-STARRS Image Processing Pipeline was hosted.Naming citation (WGSBN Bull. 5, #14, 9), IAU / Minor Planet Center, via NASA/JPL
Where Maberry is today
Seen from above the solar system on 2026-10-14: Maberry is 2.82 au from the Sun and 3.34 au from Earth. Computed from JPL's orbital elements.
Facts
| Number | 353682 |
| Provisional designation | 2011 UJ286 |
| Orbit class | Main-belt Asteroid |
| Absolute magnitude (H) | 16.44 |
| Orbital period | 4.59 years |
| Semi-major axis | 2.76 au |
| Perihelion – aphelion | 2.31 – 3.21 au |
| Eccentricity | 0.162 |
| Inclination | 7.98° |
| Closest distance between its orbit and Earth's (MOID) | 1.33 au |
Data: NASA/JPL Small-Body Database and the IAU Minor Planet Center.
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