(120208) Brentbarbee Main-belt Asteroid
Discovered on 15 March 2004 by CSS at Catalina.
Brent Barbee (b. 1981) is a member of the Flight Dynamics System team for the OSIRIS-REx Asteroid Sample Return Mission. He is also the creator of NASA's NHATS system to monitor the accessibility of near-Earth asteroids, and he works on research projects to develop systems to defend Earth from asteroid impacts.Naming citation (MPC batch dated 2016-05-21), IAU / Minor Planet Center, via NASA/JPL
Where Brentbarbee is today
Seen from above the solar system on 2026-10-14: Brentbarbee is 2.22 au from the Sun and 1.30 au from Earth. Computed from JPL's orbital elements.
Facts
| Number | 120208 |
| Provisional designation | 2004 EK32 |
| Orbit class | Main-belt Asteroid |
| Absolute magnitude (H) | 16.38 |
| Orbital period | 3.52 years |
| Semi-major axis | 2.31 au |
| Perihelion – aphelion | 1.96 – 2.66 au |
| Eccentricity | 0.151 |
| Inclination | 4.48° |
| Closest distance between its orbit and Earth's (MOID) | 0.952 au |
Data: NASA/JPL Small-Body Database and the IAU Minor Planet Center.
Also named after someone called Brent
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