(57359) Robcrawford Main-belt Asteroid
Discovered on 1 September 2001 by C. W. Juels at Fountain Hills.
Robert W. Crawford (b. 1954) is an energy and environmental consultant who computed his first minor-planet orbit at age 16 in the Ojai Summer Science Program and was later trained as a physicist. He is now starting an automated program in minor-planet follow-up and photometry at Winer Observatory in Sonoita, Arizona.Naming citation (20031110/MPCPages.arc), IAU / Minor Planet Center, via NASA/JPL
Where Robcrawford is today
Seen from above the solar system on 2026-10-14: Robcrawford is 2.25 au from the Sun and 2.41 au from Earth. Computed from JPL's orbital elements.
Facts
| Number | 57359 |
| Provisional designation | 2001 RC |
| Orbit class | Main-belt Asteroid |
| Diameter | 5.47 km (#9,757 largest of 17,440 named asteroids with a measured size) |
| Albedo | 0.450 |
| Rotation period | 5.73 hours |
| Absolute magnitude (H) | 13.67 |
| Orbital period | 4.10 years |
| Semi-major axis | 2.56 au |
| Perihelion – aphelion | 2.24 – 2.88 au |
| Eccentricity | 0.126 |
| Inclination | 22.2° |
| Closest distance between its orbit and Earth's (MOID) | 1.35 au |
Data: NASA/JPL Small-Body Database and the IAU Minor Planet Center.
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