(52633) Turvey Main-belt Asteroid
Discovered on 30 November 1997 by B. G. W. Manning at Stakenbridge.
Barry Sydney Turvey (b. 1950) has devoted many years to the cause of popularizing astronomy in the UK, as Membership Secretary, Merchandising Manager and Council Member of the Society for Popular Astronomy.Naming citation (MPC batch dated 2019-08-27), IAU / Minor Planet Center, via NASA/JPL
Where Turvey is today
Seen from above the solar system on 2026-10-14: Turvey is 3.14 au from the Sun and 4.07 au from Earth. Computed from JPL's orbital elements.
Facts
| Number | 52633 |
| Provisional designation | 1997 WL23 |
| Orbit class | Main-belt Asteroid |
| Diameter | 4.91 km (#10,796 largest of 17,440 named asteroids with a measured size) |
| Albedo | 0.0700 |
| Absolute magnitude (H) | 15.34 |
| Orbital period | 4.42 years |
| Semi-major axis | 2.69 au |
| Perihelion – aphelion | 2.14 – 3.25 au |
| Eccentricity | 0.207 |
| Inclination | 2.80° |
| Closest distance between its orbit and Earth's (MOID) | 1.14 au |
Data: NASA/JPL Small-Body Database and the IAU Minor Planet Center.
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