(128343) Brianpage Main-belt Asteroid
Discovered on 11 April 2004 by CSS at Catalina.
Brian Page (b. 1960) is a member of the navigation team at KinetX, Inc. for the OSIRIS-REx asteroid return mission. He was also a member of the navigation team for the MESSENGER and New Horizons missions.Naming citation (MPC batch dated 2016-08-18), IAU / Minor Planet Center, via NASA/JPL
Where Brianpage is today
Seen from above the solar system on 2026-10-14: Brianpage is 2.27 au from the Sun and 2.98 au from Earth. Computed from JPL's orbital elements.
Facts
| Number | 128343 |
| Provisional designation | 2004 GQ5 |
| Orbit class | Main-belt Asteroid |
| Rotation period | 2.48 hours |
| Absolute magnitude (H) | 16.14 |
| Orbital period | 4.40 years |
| Semi-major axis | 2.69 au |
| Perihelion – aphelion | 2.18 – 3.20 au |
| Eccentricity | 0.190 |
| Inclination | 7.10° |
| Closest distance between its orbit and Earth's (MOID) | 1.17 au |
Data: NASA/JPL Small-Body Database and the IAU Minor Planet Center.
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