(129026) Conormcmenamin Main-belt Asteroid
Discovered on 15 October 2004 by Mt. Lemmon Survey at Mount Lemmon.
Conor Brendan McMenamin (b. 1989) is a student engineer at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology working as the Thermal Engineer guiding the design and stable temperature performance of the student-built Regolith X-ray Imaging Spectrometer aboard the OSIRIS-REx Asteroid Sample Return Mission.Naming citation (MPC batch dated 2016-08-18), IAU / Minor Planet Center, via NASA/JPL
Where Conormcmenamin is today
Seen from above the solar system on 2026-10-14: Conormcmenamin is 2.93 au from the Sun and 2.00 au from Earth. Computed from JPL's orbital elements.
Facts
| Number | 129026 |
| Provisional designation | 2004 TE345 |
| Orbit class | Main-belt Asteroid |
| Absolute magnitude (H) | 14.62 |
| Orbital period | 5.66 years |
| Semi-major axis | 3.18 au |
| Perihelion – aphelion | 2.92 – 3.43 au |
| Eccentricity | 0.0810 |
| Inclination | 17.9° |
| Closest distance between its orbit and Earth's (MOID) | 1.94 au |
Data: NASA/JPL Small-Body Database and the IAU Minor Planet Center.
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