(128608) Chucklove Main-belt Asteroid
Discovered on 21 August 2004 by CSS at Catalina.
Charles Love (b. 1955) is the Flight System Mission Assurance Manager for the OSIRIS-REx Asteroid Sample Return Mission. He also contributed to the success of the Mars Reconnaissance Orbiter, Spitzer, Odyssey, Stardust, Genesis and Phoenix missions.Naming citation (MPC batch dated 2016-08-18), IAU / Minor Planet Center, via NASA/JPL
Where Chucklove is today
Seen from above the solar system on 2026-10-14: Chucklove is 2.40 au from the Sun and 2.65 au from Earth. Computed from JPL's orbital elements.
Facts
| Number | 128608 |
| Provisional designation | 2004 QR18 |
| Orbit class | Main-belt Asteroid |
| Absolute magnitude (H) | 17.19 |
| Orbital period | 3.49 years |
| Semi-major axis | 2.30 au |
| Perihelion – aphelion | 2.07 – 2.53 au |
| Eccentricity | 0.0982 |
| Inclination | 2.75° |
| Closest distance between its orbit and Earth's (MOID) | 1.07 au |
Data: NASA/JPL Small-Body Database and the IAU Minor Planet Center.
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