(134088) Brettperkins Main-belt Asteroid
Discovered on 9 December 2004 by CSS at Catalina.
Brett Perkins (b. 1967) is the Launch Site Integration Manager for the OSIRIS-REx Mission. He served in a similar capacity for the JUNO Jupiter mission and multiple TDRSS missions. During the Space Shuttle Program he served as a test engineer and a NASA Test Director for missions from 1990 through 2011.Naming citation (MPC batch dated 2016-08-18), IAU / Minor Planet Center, via NASA/JPL
Where Brettperkins is today
Seen from above the solar system on 2026-10-14: Brettperkins is 3.60 au from the Sun and 4.30 au from Earth. Computed from JPL's orbital elements.
Facts
| Number | 134088 |
| Provisional designation | 2004 XF104 |
| Orbit class | Main-belt Asteroid |
| Diameter | 5.24 km (#10,167 largest of 17,440 named asteroids with a measured size) |
| Albedo | 0.0630 |
| Absolute magnitude (H) | 15.37 |
| Orbital period | 5.00 years |
| Semi-major axis | 2.92 au |
| Perihelion – aphelion | 2.17 – 3.68 au |
| Eccentricity | 0.257 |
| Inclination | 7.63° |
| Closest distance between its orbit and Earth's (MOID) | 1.19 au |
Data: NASA/JPL Small-Body Database and the IAU Minor Planet Center.
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