(121718) Ashleyscroggins Main-belt Asteroid
Discovered on 7 December 1999 by CSS at Catalina.
Ashley R. Scroggins (b. 1984) worked on the OSIRIS-REx Asteroid Sample Return Mission as a Propulsion Engineer. She also supported the GEDI, DSCOVR, GPM, Glory, LRO and SDO missions as a Propulsion Engineer at NASA Goddard Spaceflight Center.Naming citation (MPC batch dated 2016-11-14), IAU / Minor Planet Center, via NASA/JPL
Where Ashleyscroggins is today
Seen from above the solar system on 2026-10-14: Ashleyscroggins is 2.96 au from the Sun and 2.42 au from Earth. Computed from JPL's orbital elements.
Facts
| Number | 121718 |
| Provisional designation | 1999 XE125 |
| Orbit class | Main-belt Asteroid |
| Absolute magnitude (H) | 14.68 |
| Orbital period | 5.34 years |
| Semi-major axis | 3.05 au |
| Perihelion – aphelion | 2.81 – 3.30 au |
| Eccentricity | 0.0803 |
| Inclination | 16.2° |
| Closest distance between its orbit and Earth's (MOID) | 1.88 au |
Data: NASA/JPL Small-Body Database and the IAU Minor Planet Center.
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