(129068) Alexmay Main-belt Asteroid
Discovered on 4 November 2004 by CSS at Catalina.
Alex May (b. 1981) is the flight system Touch-And-Go Mission Phase Lead at Lockheed Martin for the OSIRIS-REx Mission. Alex has worked on a number of missions and research programs developing proximity operations technologies within System Engineering and Guidance, Navigation and Control teams.Naming citation (MPC batch dated 2016-08-18), IAU / Minor Planet Center, via NASA/JPL
Where Alexmay is today
Seen from above the solar system on 2026-10-14: Alexmay is 3.14 au from the Sun and 3.73 au from Earth. Computed from JPL's orbital elements.
Facts
| Number | 129068 |
| Provisional designation | 2004 VU52 |
| Orbit class | Main-belt Asteroid |
| Absolute magnitude (H) | 15.72 |
| Orbital period | 5.18 years |
| Semi-major axis | 2.99 au |
| Perihelion – aphelion | 2.73 – 3.25 au |
| Eccentricity | 0.0869 |
| Inclination | 1.65° |
| Closest distance between its orbit and Earth's (MOID) | 1.73 au |
Data: NASA/JPL Small-Body Database and the IAU Minor Planet Center.
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