(618051) Sawicki Main-belt Asteroid
Discovered on 16 December 2003 by D. D. Balam at Maunakea.
Marcin Sawicki (b. 1969) is a Canadian Professor and Canada Research Chair at the Department of Astronomy and Physics at Saint Mary's University in Halifax, Nova Scotia. In addition, he is the Director of the Institute for Computational Astrophysics and a founding member of the JWST Near infrared Imager and slitless spectrograph instrument science.Naming citation (WGSBN Bull. 5, #15, 21), IAU / Minor Planet Center, via NASA/JPL
Where Sawicki is today
Seen from above the solar system on 2026-10-14: Sawicki is 2.23 au from the Sun and 1.33 au from Earth. Computed from JPL's orbital elements.
Facts
| Number | 618051 |
| Provisional designation | 2006 TC137 |
| Orbit class | Main-belt Asteroid |
| Absolute magnitude (H) | 18.9 |
| Orbital period | 3.31 years |
| Semi-major axis | 2.22 au |
| Perihelion – aphelion | 1.78 – 2.66 au |
| Eccentricity | 0.198 |
| Inclination | 3.85° |
| Closest distance between its orbit and Earth's (MOID) | 0.768 au |
Data: NASA/JPL Small-Body Database and the IAU Minor Planet Center.
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