(130319) Danielpelham Main-belt Asteroid
Discovered on 2 March 2000 by CSS at Catalina.
Daniel Pelham (b. 1960) is the lead Opto-Mechanical Engineer for the OTES instrument on the OSIRIS-REx Asteroid Sample Return Mission. He was a senior member of the technical staff at Santa Barbara Remote Sensing where he helped develop a wide range of earth and planetary instruments.Naming citation (MPC batch dated 2016-11-14), IAU / Minor Planet Center, via NASA/JPL
Where Danielpelham is today
Seen from above the solar system on 2026-10-14: Danielpelham is 2.85 au from the Sun and 2.77 au from Earth. Computed from JPL's orbital elements.
Facts
| Number | 130319 |
| Provisional designation | 2000 EX140 |
| Orbit class | Main-belt Asteroid |
| Diameter | 5.69 km (#9,413 largest of 17,440 named asteroids with a measured size) |
| Albedo | 0.0500 |
| Rotation period | 7.40 hours |
| Absolute magnitude (H) | 15.23 |
| Orbital period | 5.47 years |
| Semi-major axis | 3.10 au |
| Perihelion – aphelion | 2.59 – 3.62 au |
| Eccentricity | 0.166 |
| Inclination | 8.99° |
| Closest distance between its orbit and Earth's (MOID) | 1.61 au |
Data: NASA/JPL Small-Body Database and the IAU Minor Planet Center.
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