(129051) Chrismay Main-belt Asteroid
Discovered on 3 November 2004 by CSS at Catalina.
Chris May (b. 1972) is the Thermal Lead for the OSIRIS-REx spacecraft. He was the Thermal Lead for the GRAIL lunar mission and thermal engineer on the Mars Phoenix lander, Mars Reconnaissance Orbiter and Mars Odyssey missions.Naming citation (MPC batch dated 2016-08-18), IAU / Minor Planet Center, via NASA/JPL
Where Chrismay is today
Seen from above the solar system on 2026-10-14: Chrismay is 3.17 au from the Sun and 3.49 au from Earth. Computed from JPL's orbital elements.
Facts
| Number | 129051 |
| Provisional designation | 2004 VO10 |
| Orbit class | Main-belt Asteroid |
| Absolute magnitude (H) | 15.21 |
| Orbital period | 5.21 years |
| Semi-major axis | 3.00 au |
| Perihelion – aphelion | 2.81 – 3.20 au |
| Eccentricity | 0.0653 |
| Inclination | 9.84° |
| Closest distance between its orbit and Earth's (MOID) | 1.80 au |
Data: NASA/JPL Small-Body Database and the IAU Minor Planet Center.
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