(129314) Dathongolish Main-belt Asteroid
Discovered on 29 September 2005 by CSS at Catalina.
Dathon Golish (b. 1979) was the lead image analyst on the OSIRIS-REx Asteroid Sample Return Mission OCAMS camera. He also worked on terahertz astronomical receivers for telescopes in Arizona and at the South Pole, as well as image formation software for the DARPA AWARE gigapixel camera.Naming citation (MPC batch dated 2016-08-18), IAU / Minor Planet Center, via NASA/JPL
Where Dathongolish is today
Seen from above the solar system on 2026-10-14: Dathongolish is 3.61 au from the Sun and 3.16 au from Earth. Computed from JPL's orbital elements.
Facts
| Number | 129314 |
| Provisional designation | 2005 SM220 |
| Orbit class | Main-belt Asteroid |
| Diameter | 6.94 km (#7,731 largest of 17,440 named asteroids with a measured size) |
| Albedo | 0.0840 |
| Absolute magnitude (H) | 14.4 |
| Orbital period | 5.56 years |
| Semi-major axis | 3.14 au |
| Perihelion – aphelion | 2.65 – 3.63 au |
| Eccentricity | 0.156 |
| Inclination | 27.1° |
| Closest distance between its orbit and Earth's (MOID) | 1.72 au |
Data: NASA/JPL Small-Body Database and the IAU Minor Planet Center.