(333166) Brennen Main-belt Asteroid
Discovered on 23 January 2006 by Mt. Lemmon Survey at Mount Lemmon.
Brennen D. Miller (b. 1995) is an American systems engineer for the OSIRIS-REx asteroid sample return mission. His major contributions include coordination of sample mass measurement activities and spacecraft reboots. Prior to this role, he supported the Hubble Space Telescope program.Naming citation (WGSBN Bull. 5, #15, 16), IAU / Minor Planet Center, via NASA/JPL
Where Brennen is today
Seen from above the solar system on 2026-10-14: Brennen is 2.96 au from the Sun and 2.04 au from Earth. Computed from JPL's orbital elements.
Facts
| Number | 333166 |
| Provisional designation | 2012 CF19 |
| Orbit class | Main-belt Asteroid |
| Diameter | 6.30 km (#8,501 largest of 17,440 named asteroids with a measured size) |
| Albedo | 0.0340 |
| Absolute magnitude (H) | 15.34 |
| Orbital period | 5.37 years |
| Semi-major axis | 3.07 au |
| Perihelion – aphelion | 2.75 – 3.38 au |
| Eccentricity | 0.102 |
| Inclination | 17.6° |
| Closest distance between its orbit and Earth's (MOID) | 1.77 au |
Data: NASA/JPL Small-Body Database and the IAU Minor Planet Center.
Also discovered on 23 January 2006
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