(92297) Monrad Main-belt Asteroid
Discovered on 10 March 2000 by CSS at Catalina.
Ingrid “Twink” Monrad (b. 1945) is a meteorite hunter in Tucson, Arizona. With Jim Kriegh and John Blennert, she is one of the co-discoverers of the Gold Basin Meteorite Strewn Field.Naming citation (20080122/MPCPages.arc), IAU / Minor Planet Center, via NASA/JPL
Where Monrad is today
Seen from above the solar system on 2026-10-14: Monrad is 3.02 au from the Sun and 2.34 au from Earth. Computed from JPL's orbital elements.
Facts
| Number | 92297 |
| Provisional designation | 2000 EL156 |
| Orbit class | Main-belt Asteroid |
| Diameter | 16.2 km (#2,853 largest of 17,440 named asteroids with a measured size) |
| Albedo | 0.0280 |
| Absolute magnitude (H) | 13.69 |
| Orbital period | 5.71 years |
| Semi-major axis | 3.20 au |
| Perihelion – aphelion | 2.59 – 3.80 au |
| Eccentricity | 0.189 |
| Inclination | 18.6° |
| Closest distance between its orbit and Earth's (MOID) | 1.66 au |
Data: NASA/JPL Small-Body Database and the IAU Minor Planet Center.
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