(333035) Pelgrift Main-belt Asteroid
Discovered on 31 October 2007 by Mt. Lemmon Survey at Mount Lemmon.
John Pelgrift (b. 1994) worked on the navigation teams for the OSIRIS-REx Asteroid Sample Return Mission and the New Horizons Kuiper Extended Mission. He helped reach the farthest object ever visited and the smallest body ever orbited at the time, pushing the extremes of spaceflight and exploration.Naming citation (WGSBN Bull. 3, #10, 9), IAU / Minor Planet Center, via NASA/JPL
Where Pelgrift is today
Seen from above the solar system on 2026-10-14: Pelgrift is 2.57 au from the Sun and 3.56 au from Earth. Computed from JPL's orbital elements.
Facts
| Number | 333035 |
| Provisional designation | 2011 SX90 |
| Orbit class | Main-belt Asteroid |
| Absolute magnitude (H) | 17.32 |
| Orbital period | 4.19 years |
| Semi-major axis | 2.60 au |
| Perihelion – aphelion | 2.34 – 2.86 au |
| Eccentricity | 0.0997 |
| Inclination | 1.92° |
| 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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