(50718) Timrobertson Main-belt Asteroid
Discovered on 11 March 2000 by CSS at Catalina.
Tim Robertson (b. 1956) is a Quality Engineer at NASA's Goddard Space Flight Center, with the GOES and JPSS weather satellite programs. On staff with the Association of Lunar and Planetary Observers (ALPO), he is Coordinator for the ALPO Training Program as well as Producer of the “Observer's Notebook” podcasts.Naming citation (MPC batch dated 2018-09-25), IAU / Minor Planet Center, via NASA/JPL
Where Timrobertson is today
Seen from above the solar system on 2026-10-14: Timrobertson is 2.62 au from the Sun and 2.76 au from Earth. Computed from JPL's orbital elements.
Facts
| Number | 50718 |
| Provisional designation | 2000 ED139 |
| Orbit class | Main-belt Asteroid |
| Rotation period | 107 hours |
| Absolute magnitude (H) | 14.45 |
| Orbital period | 4.25 years |
| Semi-major axis | 2.62 au |
| Perihelion – aphelion | 2.32 – 2.93 au |
| Eccentricity | 0.115 |
| Inclination | 14.2° |
| Closest distance between its orbit and Earth's (MOID) | 1.34 au |
Data: NASA/JPL Small-Body Database and the IAU Minor Planet Center.
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