(333043) Courtneymario Main-belt Asteroid
Discovered on 20 December 2004 by Mt. Lemmon Survey at Mount Lemmon.
Courtney Mario (b. 1987), American engineer, is a member of the Natural Feature Tracking (NFT) team for the OSIRIS-REx Asteroid Sample Return Mission, focusing primarily on feature robustness. Outside of this, she has developed vision-inertial systems for several other space and terrestrial applications.Naming citation (WGSBN Bull. 3, #8, 14), IAU / Minor Planet Center, via NASA/JPL
Where Courtneymario is today
Seen from above the solar system on 2026-10-14: Courtneymario is 2.17 au from the Sun and 1.18 au from Earth. Computed from JPL's orbital elements.
Facts
| Number | 333043 |
| Provisional designation | 2011 SU129 |
| Orbit class | Main-belt Asteroid |
| Absolute magnitude (H) | 18.31 |
| Orbital period | 3.76 years |
| Semi-major axis | 2.42 au |
| Perihelion – aphelion | 1.98 – 2.86 au |
| Eccentricity | 0.181 |
| Inclination | 2.24° |
| Closest distance between its orbit and Earth's (MOID) | 0.998 au |
Data: NASA/JPL Small-Body Database and the IAU Minor Planet Center.
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