(121236) Adrianagutierrez Inner Main-belt Asteroid
Discovered on 8 September 1999 by CSS at Catalina.
Adriana Manrique Gutierrez (b. 1986) is an Animator at NASA Goddard's Conceptual Image Lab. She is part of the production team working on a series of animated films for the OSIRIS-REx Asteroid Sample Return Mission.Naming citation (MPC batch dated 2016-11-14), IAU / Minor Planet Center, via NASA/JPL
Where Adrianagutierrez is today
Seen from above the solar system on 2026-10-14: Adrianagutierrez is 1.83 au from the Sun and 2.06 au from Earth. Computed from JPL's orbital elements.
Facts
| Number | 121236 |
| Provisional designation | 1999 RJ39 |
| Orbit class | Inner Main-belt Asteroid |
| Diameter | 1.30 km (#17,390 largest of 17,440 named asteroids with a measured size) |
| Albedo | 0.549 |
| Absolute magnitude (H) | 16.01 |
| Orbital period | 2.77 years |
| Semi-major axis | 1.97 au |
| Perihelion – aphelion | 1.82 – 2.12 au |
| Eccentricity | 0.0763 |
| Inclination | 21.6° |
| Closest distance between its orbit and Earth's (MOID) | 0.911 au |
Data: NASA/JPL Small-Body Database and the IAU Minor Planet Center.
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