(134109) Britneyburch Main-belt Asteroid
Discovered on 14 December 2004 by CSS at Catalina.
Britney Burch (b. 1982) is a structural dynamics analyst with the NASA Launch Services Program and is the primary loads analyst for the OSIRIS-REx Asteroid Sample Return Mission. She has previously served as an analyst with the Mars MAVEN mission and the Pegasus/IRIS mission.Naming citation (MPC batch dated 2016-08-18), IAU / Minor Planet Center, via NASA/JPL
Where Britneyburch is today
Seen from above the solar system on 2026-10-14: Britneyburch is 3.38 au from the Sun and 2.69 au from Earth. Computed from JPL's orbital elements.
Facts
| Number | 134109 |
| Provisional designation | 2004 XN159 |
| Orbit class | Main-belt Asteroid |
| Diameter | 6.54 km (#8,195 largest of 17,440 named asteroids with a measured size) |
| Albedo | 0.0540 |
| Absolute magnitude (H) | 15.09 |
| Orbital period | 5.64 years |
| Semi-major axis | 3.17 au |
| Perihelion – aphelion | 2.82 – 3.51 au |
| Eccentricity | 0.110 |
| Inclination | 15.6° |
| Closest distance between its orbit and Earth's (MOID) | 1.86 au |
Data: NASA/JPL Small-Body Database and the IAU Minor Planet Center.
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