(121330) Colbygoodloe Main-belt Asteroid
Discovered on 29 September 1999 by CSS at Catalina.
Colby Goodloe (b. 1982) contributed to the NASA OSIRIS-REx Asteroid Sample Return Mission as a systems engineer. Prior to the OSIRIS-REx mission, he served as an electrical engineer on many other NASA missions.Naming citation (MPC batch dated 2019-08-27), IAU / Minor Planet Center, via NASA/JPL
Where Colbygoodloe is today
Seen from above the solar system on 2026-10-14: Colbygoodloe is 2.45 au from the Sun and 1.54 au from Earth. Computed from JPL's orbital elements.
Facts
| Number | 121330 |
| Provisional designation | 1999 SW16 |
| Orbit class | Main-belt Asteroid |
| Diameter | 3.23 km (#14,645 largest of 17,440 named asteroids with a measured size) |
| Albedo | 0.128 |
| Absolute magnitude (H) | 15.49 |
| Orbital period | 5.44 years |
| Semi-major axis | 3.09 au |
| Perihelion – aphelion | 2.41 – 3.77 au |
| Eccentricity | 0.219 |
| Inclination | 7.01° |
| Closest distance between its orbit and Earth's (MOID) | 1.42 au |
Data: NASA/JPL Small-Body Database and the IAU Minor Planet Center.
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