(333029) Sallitt Main-belt Asteroid

Discovered on 18 July 2007 by Mt. Lemmon Survey at Mount Lemmon.

Debbie Sallitt (b. 1967) is the Financial Manager for the OSIRIS-Rex Mission. For 30 years, she has contributed financial management expertise to multiple mission teams at NASA Goddard Space Flight Center.Naming citation (WGSBN Bull. 3, #8, 14), IAU / Minor Planet Center, via NASA/JPL

Where Sallitt is today

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Seen from above the solar system on 2026-10-14: Sallitt is 2.57 au from the Sun and 1.83 au from Earth. Computed from JPL's orbital elements.

Facts

Number333029
Provisional designation2011 SK32
Orbit classMain-belt Asteroid
Diameter2.02 km (#17,020 largest of 17,440 named asteroids with a measured size)
Albedo0.158
Absolute magnitude (H)17.79
Orbital period3.65 years
Semi-major axis2.37 au
Perihelion – aphelion2.09 – 2.65 au
Eccentricity0.117
Inclination2.47°
Closest distance between its orbit and Earth's (MOID)1.08 au

Data: NASA/JPL Small-Body Database and the IAU Minor Planet Center.

Also named after someone called Debbie

Also discovered on 18 July 2007

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