(120214) Danteberdeguez Main-belt Asteroid
Discovered on 15 March 2004 by CSS at Catalina.
Dante Berdeguez (b. 1976) is a Spacecraft Systems Engineer at NASA's Goddard Spaceflight Center. He specializes in both spacecraft and ground system integration and testing. He contributed to the NASA OSIRIS-REx Asteroid Sample Return Mission as Ground Systems Readiness Test Engineer.Naming citation (MPC batch dated 2016-08-18), IAU / Minor Planet Center, via NASA/JPL
Where Danteberdeguez is today
Seen from above the solar system on 2026-10-14: Danteberdeguez is 2.98 au from the Sun and 3.12 au from Earth. Computed from JPL's orbital elements.
Facts
| Number | 120214 |
| Provisional designation | 2004 EG78 |
| Orbit class | Main-belt Asteroid |
| Absolute magnitude (H) | 15.68 |
| Orbital period | 4.72 years |
| Semi-major axis | 2.81 au |
| Perihelion – aphelion | 2.63 – 3.00 au |
| Eccentricity | 0.0649 |
| Inclination | 4.88° |
| Closest distance between its orbit and Earth's (MOID) | 1.62 au |
Data: NASA/JPL Small-Body Database and the IAU Minor Planet Center.
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