(133726) Gateswest Main-belt Asteroid
Discovered on 29 October 2003 by CSS at Catalina.
Gates West (b. 1963) is the lead electronics engineer for the OSIRIS-REx Thermal Emission Spectrometer instrument. With more than 20 years in the space industry, he has designed and tested electronics for a wide variety of earth-orbiting and interplanetary spacecraft.Naming citation (MPC batch dated 2016-08-18), IAU / Minor Planet Center, via NASA/JPL
Where Gateswest is today
Seen from above the solar system on 2026-10-14: Gateswest is 3.09 au from the Sun and 2.25 au from Earth. Computed from JPL's orbital elements.
Facts
| Number | 133726 |
| Provisional designation | 2003 UM269 |
| Orbit class | Main-belt Asteroid |
| Absolute magnitude (H) | 14.77 |
| Orbital period | 5.69 years |
| Semi-major axis | 3.19 au |
| Perihelion – aphelion | 2.99 – 3.39 au |
| Eccentricity | 0.0627 |
| Inclination | 8.52° |
| Closest distance between its orbit and Earth's (MOID) | 2.02 au |
Data: NASA/JPL Small-Body Database and the IAU Minor Planet Center.