(134036) Austincummings Main-belt Asteroid
Discovered on 1 December 2004 by CSS at Catalina.
Austin Cummings (b. 1995) worked on the NASA's OSIRIS-REx mission as a software developer at the Science Processing and Operations Center.Naming citation (MPC batch dated 2016-11-14), IAU / Minor Planet Center, via NASA/JPL
Where Austincummings is today
Seen from above the solar system on 2026-10-14: Austincummings is 2.68 au from the Sun and 2.49 au from Earth. Computed from JPL's orbital elements.
Facts
| Number | 134036 |
| Provisional designation | 2004 XB1 |
| Orbit class | Main-belt Asteroid |
| Absolute magnitude (H) | 14.89 |
| Orbital period | 5.37 years |
| Semi-major axis | 3.06 au |
| Perihelion – aphelion | 2.67 – 3.46 au |
| Eccentricity | 0.127 |
| Inclination | 12.8° |
| 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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