(53468) Varros Main-belt Asteroid
Discovered on 2 January 2000 by S. Sposetti at Gnosca.
George Varros (b. 1959) is an amateur astronomer who helped NASA's Meteoroid Environment Office popularize lunar-meteoroid-impact monitoring by amateur astronomers, for the purpose of assessing the dangers to future astronauts during prolonged visits to the lunar surface.Naming citation (20090409/MPCPages.arc), IAU / Minor Planet Center, via NASA/JPL
Where Varros is today
Seen from above the solar system on 2026-10-14: Varros is 2.10 au from the Sun and 2.80 au from Earth. Computed from JPL's orbital elements.
Facts
| Number | 53468 |
| Provisional designation | 2000 AC2 |
| Orbit class | Main-belt Asteroid |
| Diameter | 1.67 km (#17,290 largest of 17,440 named asteroids with a measured size) |
| Albedo | 0.276 |
| Absolute magnitude (H) | 16.15 |
| Orbital period | 3.31 years |
| Semi-major axis | 2.22 au |
| Perihelion – aphelion | 2.07 – 2.38 au |
| Eccentricity | 0.0704 |
| Inclination | 2.76° |
| Closest distance between its orbit and Earth's (MOID) | 1.08 au |
Data: NASA/JPL Small-Body Database and the IAU Minor Planet Center.
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