(120352) Gordonwong Mars-crossing Asteroid
Discovered on 13 May 2005 by CSS at Catalina.
Gordon H. Wong (b. 1969) is a software engineer who has shown great patience and dedicated support to the effort required in the design, build, test, and flight of the student-built Regolith X-ray Imaging Spectrometer aboard the OSIRIS-REx Asteroid Sample Return Mission.Naming citation (MPC batch dated 2016-08-18), IAU / Minor Planet Center, via NASA/JPL
Where Gordonwong is today
Seen from above the solar system on 2026-10-14: Gordonwong is 2.17 au from the Sun and 1.33 au from Earth. Computed from JPL's orbital elements.
Facts
| Number | 120352 |
| Provisional designation | 2005 JG177 |
| Orbit class | Mars-crossing Asteroid |
| Absolute magnitude (H) | 16.33 |
| Orbital period | 3.44 years |
| Semi-major axis | 2.28 au |
| Perihelion – aphelion | 1.63 – 2.92 au |
| Eccentricity | 0.283 |
| Inclination | 6.17° |
| Closest distance between its orbit and Earth's (MOID) | 0.619 au |
Data: NASA/JPL Small-Body Database and the IAU Minor Planet Center.
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