(614667) Rogersmith Main-belt Asteroid
Discovered on 15 June 2010 by WISE at WISE.
Roger Smith (b. 1955) is the lead electronics engineer at the Caltech Optical Observatories. He has developed focal-plane electronics and full camera systems, including the 600-million-pixel cryogenic CCD mosaic camera that is the heart of the Zwicky Transient Factory project operating at the Mount Palomar Observatory.Naming citation (WGSBN Bull. 2, #15, 16), IAU / Minor Planet Center, via NASA/JPL
Where Rogersmith is today
Seen from above the solar system on 2026-10-14: Rogersmith is 2.42 au from the Sun and 2.28 au from Earth. Computed from JPL's orbital elements.
Facts
| Number | 614667 |
| Provisional designation | 2010 LB125 |
| Orbit class | Main-belt Asteroid |
| Diameter | 1.83 km (#17,199 largest of 17,440 named asteroids with a measured size) |
| Albedo | 0.0480 |
| Absolute magnitude (H) | 17.45 |
| Orbital period | 5.51 years |
| Semi-major axis | 3.12 au |
| Perihelion – aphelion | 2.20 – 4.04 au |
| Eccentricity | 0.294 |
| Inclination | 14.8° |
| Closest distance between its orbit and Earth's (MOID) | 1.20 au |
Data: NASA/JPL Small-Body Database and the IAU Minor Planet Center.
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