(333586) Melissarodriguez Main-belt Asteroid
Discovered on 8 January 2007 by Mt. Lemmon Survey at Mount Lemmon.
Melissa C. Rodriguez (b. 1977) is an American lead for the Astromaterials Current Collections at Johnson Space Center, including OSIRIS-REx. She led data archiving and logistics for the capsule recovery team in Utah. Prior to OSIRIS-REx Melissa was a sample processor for five curation collections, including Genesis, Stardust, Cosmic Dust, and Hayabusa 1.Naming citation (WGSBN Bull. 5, #11, 16), IAU / Minor Planet Center, via NASA/JPL
Where Melissarodriguez is today
Seen from above the solar system on 2026-10-14: Melissarodriguez is 2.28 au from the Sun and 3.27 au from Earth. Computed from JPL's orbital elements.
Facts
| Number | 333586 |
| Provisional designation | 2007 AS26 |
| Orbit class | Main-belt Asteroid |
| Absolute magnitude (H) | 17.28 |
| Orbital period | 3.79 years |
| Semi-major axis | 2.43 au |
| Perihelion – aphelion | 2.24 – 2.61 au |
| Eccentricity | 0.0765 |
| Inclination | 8.23° |
| Closest distance between its orbit and Earth's (MOID) | 1.24 au |
Data: NASA/JPL Small-Body Database and the IAU Minor Planet Center.
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