(37139) Richardmuller Main-belt Asteroid
Discovered on 1 November 2000 by W. K. Y. Yeung at Desert Beaver.
Richard A. Muller (b. 1944) is an American physicist and emeritus professor at UC Berkeley. He co-founded the Berkeley Earth project to address climate skeptics’ concerns by providing open, transparent analyses of Earth’s surface temperature records, helping confirm global warming and its human influence.Naming citation (WGSBN Bull. 6, #1, 9), IAU / Minor Planet Center, via NASA/JPL
Where Richardmuller is today
Seen from above the solar system on 2026-10-14: Richardmuller is 2.86 au from the Sun and 2.55 au from Earth. Computed from JPL's orbital elements.
Facts
| Number | 37139 |
| Provisional designation | 2000 VH38 |
| Orbit class | Main-belt Asteroid |
| Diameter | 4.35 km (#11,945 largest of 17,440 named asteroids with a measured size) |
| Albedo | 0.148 |
| Rotation period | 28.9 hours |
| Absolute magnitude (H) | 14.63 |
| Orbital period | 5.13 years |
| Semi-major axis | 2.97 au |
| Perihelion – aphelion | 2.62 – 3.33 au |
| Eccentricity | 0.118 |
| Inclination | 1.74° |
| Closest distance between its orbit and Earth's (MOID) | 1.62 au |
Data: NASA/JPL Small-Body Database and the IAU Minor Planet Center.
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