(133066) Beddingfield Main-belt Asteroid
Discovered on 30 March 2003 by M. W. Buie at Kitt Peak.
Chloe B. Beddingfield (b. 1987) is an American planetary scientist. She served as a science team post-doctoral researcher for geophysics investigations for NASA's New Horizons mission to Pluto and the Kuiper Belt.Naming citation (WGSBN Bull. 4, #4, 6), IAU / Minor Planet Center, via NASA/JPL
Where Beddingfield is today
Seen from above the solar system on 2026-10-14: Beddingfield is 2.58 au from the Sun and 3.47 au from Earth. Computed from JPL's orbital elements.
Facts
| Number | 133066 |
| Provisional designation | 2003 FQ124 |
| Orbit class | Main-belt Asteroid |
| Diameter | 1.91 km (#17,134 largest of 17,440 named asteroids with a measured size) |
| Albedo | 0.336 |
| Absolute magnitude (H) | 15.67 |
| Orbital period | 3.42 years |
| Semi-major axis | 2.27 au |
| Perihelion – aphelion | 1.95 – 2.60 au |
| Eccentricity | 0.143 |
| Inclination | 6.40° |
| Closest distance between its orbit and Earth's (MOID) | 0.942 au |
Data: NASA/JPL Small-Body Database and the IAU Minor Planet Center.
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