(333059) Audi Main-belt Asteroid
Discovered on 25 February 2006 by Mt. Lemmon Survey at Mount Lemmon.
Edward Audi (b. 1973) is an American engineer. He is Science Operations Engineer for the OSIRIS-REx Asteroid Sample Return Mission. He was also an Operations Engineer for the Visible and Infrared Mapping Spectrometer (VIMS) instrument which was onboard the Cassini spacecraft to Saturn.Naming citation (WGSBN Bull. 3, #7, 15), IAU / Minor Planet Center, via NASA/JPL
Where Audi is today
Seen from above the solar system on 2026-10-14: Audi is 2.47 au from the Sun and 1.64 au from Earth. Computed from JPL's orbital elements.
Facts
| Number | 333059 |
| Provisional designation | 2011 SG261 |
| Orbit class | Main-belt Asteroid |
| Absolute magnitude (H) | 17.88 |
| Orbital period | 3.69 years |
| Semi-major axis | 2.39 au |
| Perihelion – aphelion | 1.93 – 2.84 au |
| Eccentricity | 0.191 |
| Inclination | 1.04° |
| Closest distance between its orbit and Earth's (MOID) | 0.916 au |
Data: NASA/JPL Small-Body Database and the IAU Minor Planet Center.
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