(75844) Rexadams Main-belt Asteroid
Discovered on 30 January 2000 by CSS at Catalina.
Rex Adams (b. 1945) was a researcher, educator and curator at the University of Arizona's Laboratory of Tree Ring Research for 35 years. He taught numerous students and researchers methods developed by astronomer A. E. Douglass. In 2016 he received the Richard L. Holmes Award for Outstanding Service to Dendrochronology.Naming citation (MPC batch dated 2018-01-31), IAU / Minor Planet Center, via NASA/JPL
Where Rexadams is today
Seen from above the solar system on 2026-10-14: Rexadams is 2.61 au from the Sun and 1.67 au from Earth. Computed from JPL's orbital elements.
Facts
| Number | 75844 |
| Provisional designation | 2000 BN33 |
| Orbit class | Main-belt Asteroid |
| Absolute magnitude (H) | 15.51 |
| Orbital period | 4.69 years |
| Semi-major axis | 2.80 au |
| Perihelion – aphelion | 2.55 – 3.06 au |
| Eccentricity | 0.0903 |
| Inclination | 4.64° |
| Closest distance between its orbit and Earth's (MOID) | 1.56 au |
Data: NASA/JPL Small-Body Database and the IAU Minor Planet Center.
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