(50753) Maryblagg Main-belt Asteroid
Discovered on 3 March 2000 by CSS at Catalina.
Mary Adela Blagg (1858–1944) was an English astronomer. After joining the British Astronomical Association, she helped develop a uniform system of lunar nomenclature and was later elected as a Fellow of the Royal Astronomical Society. She joined the Lunar Commission of the IAU in 1920, standardizing lunar nomenclature in Named Lunar Formations/.Naming citation (WGSBN Bull. 3, #4, 8), IAU / Minor Planet Center, via NASA/JPL
Where Maryblagg is today
Seen from above the solar system on 2026-10-14: Maryblagg is 2.64 au from the Sun and 3.60 au from Earth. Computed from JPL's orbital elements.
Facts
| Number | 50753 |
| Provisional designation | 2000 EO177 |
| Orbit class | Main-belt Asteroid |
| Diameter | 3.48 km (#14,008 largest of 17,440 named asteroids with a measured size) |
| Albedo | 0.304 |
| Absolute magnitude (H) | 14.35 |
| Orbital period | 4.44 years |
| Semi-major axis | 2.70 au |
| Perihelion – aphelion | 2.30 – 3.10 au |
| Eccentricity | 0.148 |
| Inclination | 12.1° |
| Closest distance between its orbit and Earth's (MOID) | 1.32 au |
Data: NASA/JPL Small-Body Database and the IAU Minor Planet Center.
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