(128341) Dalestanbridge Inner Main-belt Asteroid

Discovered on 27 March 2004 by CSS at Catalina.

Dale Stanbridge (b. 1962) is a member of the navigation team at KinetX, Inc. for the OSIRIS-REx asteroid return mission. He was also a member of the navigation team for the MESSENGER and New Horizons missions.Naming citation (MPC batch dated 2016-08-18), IAU / Minor Planet Center, via NASA/JPL

Where Dalestanbridge is today

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Seen from above the solar system on 2026-10-14: Dalestanbridge is 1.92 au from the Sun and 2.24 au from Earth. Computed from JPL's orbital elements.

Facts

Number128341
Provisional designation2004 FR128
Orbit classInner Main-belt Asteroid
Absolute magnitude (H)16.54
Orbital period2.58 years
Semi-major axis1.88 au
Perihelion – aphelion1.78 – 1.99 au
Eccentricity0.0542
Inclination21.3°
Closest distance between its orbit and Earth's (MOID)0.849 au

Data: NASA/JPL Small-Body Database and the IAU Minor Planet Center.

Also named after someone called Dale

Also discovered on 27 March 2004

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