(129555) Armazones Main-belt Asteroid
Discovered on 30 October 1996 by V. S. Casulli at Colleverde.
Cerro Armazones is a mountain located in Chile. The European Southern Observatory council selected it as the site for the planned European Extremely Large Telescope because of the excellent conditions for optical astronomy.Naming citation (MPC batch dated 2017-10-05), IAU / Minor Planet Center, via NASA/JPL
Where Armazones is today
Seen from above the solar system on 2026-10-14: Armazones is 2.41 au from the Sun and 2.74 au from Earth. Computed from JPL's orbital elements.
Facts
| Number | 129555 |
| Provisional designation | 1996 UB3 |
| Orbit class | Main-belt Asteroid |
| Absolute magnitude (H) | 16.53 |
| Orbital period | 3.65 years |
| Semi-major axis | 2.37 au |
| Perihelion – aphelion | 1.98 – 2.76 au |
| Eccentricity | 0.166 |
| Inclination | 4.26° |
| Closest distance between its orbit and Earth's (MOID) | 0.979 au |
Data: NASA/JPL Small-Body Database and the IAU Minor Planet Center.