(333120) Blum Main-belt Asteroid
Discovered on 11 September 2007 by Mt. Lemmon Survey at Mount Lemmon.
Denise Blum (b. 1965) is an American administrator. She is business manager for the OSIRIS-REx Asteroid Sample Return mission to asteroid Bennu and the APEX mission to asteroid Apophis. She kept these dynamic missions running. She also performs and produces live theater.Naming citation (WGSBN Bull. 3, #8, 16), IAU / Minor Planet Center, via NASA/JPL
Where Blum is today
Seen from above the solar system on 2026-10-14: Blum is 2.41 au from the Sun and 1.90 au from Earth. Computed from JPL's orbital elements.
Facts
| Number | 333120 |
| Provisional designation | 2011 WN7 |
| Orbit class | Main-belt Asteroid |
| Absolute magnitude (H) | 17.91 |
| Orbital period | 3.69 years |
| Semi-major axis | 2.39 au |
| Perihelion – aphelion | 2.03 – 2.74 au |
| Eccentricity | 0.150 |
| Inclination | 1.64° |
| Closest distance between its orbit and Earth's (MOID) | 1.02 au |
Data: NASA/JPL Small-Body Database and the IAU Minor Planet Center.
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