(120367) Grabow Main-belt Asteroid
Discovered on 2 July 2005 by CSS at Catalina.
Walter Grabow (1913-1987) was the owner of the Polaris Telescope Shop in Dearborn, Michigan in the 1960s. His patience and guidance helped many amateur astronomers in building or buying their telescopes.Naming citation (MPC batch dated 2018-09-25), IAU / Minor Planet Center, via NASA/JPL
Where Grabow is today
Seen from above the solar system on 2026-10-14: Grabow is 2.52 au from the Sun and 2.81 au from Earth. Computed from JPL's orbital elements.
Facts
| Number | 120367 |
| Provisional designation | 2005 NL67 |
| Orbit class | Main-belt Asteroid |
| Diameter | 2.06 km (#16,980 largest of 17,440 named asteroids with a measured size) |
| Albedo | 0.105 |
| Absolute magnitude (H) | 16.56 |
| Orbital period | 3.35 years |
| Semi-major axis | 2.24 au |
| Perihelion – aphelion | 1.75 – 2.73 au |
| Eccentricity | 0.220 |
| Inclination | 6.31° |
| Closest distance between its orbit and Earth's (MOID) | 0.737 au |
Data: NASA/JPL Small-Body Database and the IAU Minor Planet Center.
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