(366689) Rohrbaugh Main-belt Asteroid
Discovered on 27 September 2003 by Spacewatch at Kitt Peak.
Catherine Rohrbaugh is a 7th grade science teacher at Dillard Drive Middle School in Raleigh, North Carolina. She started an asteroid search team with some of her 7th grade students, working with the International Astronomical Search Collaboration.Naming citation (MPC batch dated 2015-06-02), IAU / Minor Planet Center, via NASA/JPL
Where Rohrbaugh is today
Seen from above the solar system on 2026-10-14: Rohrbaugh is 2.22 au from the Sun and 3.20 au from Earth. Computed from JPL's orbital elements.
Facts
| Number | 366689 |
| Provisional designation | 2003 UM300 |
| Orbit class | Main-belt Asteroid |
| Absolute magnitude (H) | 17.92 |
| Orbital period | 3.49 years |
| Semi-major axis | 2.30 au |
| Perihelion – aphelion | 2.00 – 2.60 au |
| Eccentricity | 0.129 |
| Inclination | 3.40° |
| Closest distance between its orbit and Earth's (MOID) | 0.989 au |
Data: NASA/JPL Small-Body Database and the IAU Minor Planet Center.
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