(180143) Gaberogers Main-belt Asteroid
Discovered on 30 March 2003 by M. W. Buie at Kitt Peak.
Gabe D. Rogers (b. 1973) is an assistant group supervisor at the Johns Hopkins University Applied Physics Laboratory, who served as the Spacecraft Systems Engineer for the New Horizons Mission to Pluto.Naming citation (MPC batch dated 2018-09-25), IAU / Minor Planet Center, via NASA/JPL
Where Gaberogers is today
Seen from above the solar system on 2026-10-14: Gaberogers is 3.39 au from the Sun and 4.38 au from Earth. Computed from JPL's orbital elements.
Facts
| Number | 180143 |
| Provisional designation | 2003 FE124 |
| Orbit class | Main-belt Asteroid |
| Diameter | 4.81 km (#11,003 largest of 17,440 named asteroids with a measured size) |
| Albedo | 0.0440 |
| Absolute magnitude (H) | 15.65 |
| Orbital period | 5.66 years |
| Semi-major axis | 3.18 au |
| Perihelion – aphelion | 2.60 – 3.75 au |
| Eccentricity | 0.180 |
| Inclination | 1.59° |
| Closest distance between its orbit and Earth's (MOID) | 1.59 au |
Data: NASA/JPL Small-Body Database and the IAU Minor Planet Center.
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