(130090) Heatherbowles Main-belt Asteroid
Discovered on 4 December 1999 by CSS at Catalina.
Heather Bowles (b. 1989) is the Configuration Manager for the Thermal Emission Spectrometer Instrument on the OSIRIS-REx Asteroid Sample Return Mission.Naming citation (MPC batch dated 2016-11-14), IAU / Minor Planet Center, via NASA/JPL
Where Heatherbowles is today
Seen from above the solar system on 2026-10-14: Heatherbowles is 2.52 au from the Sun and 3.22 au from Earth. Computed from JPL's orbital elements.
Facts
| Number | 130090 |
| Provisional designation | 1999 XJ6 |
| Orbit class | Main-belt Asteroid |
| Absolute magnitude (H) | 16.05 |
| Orbital period | 4.06 years |
| Semi-major axis | 2.54 au |
| Perihelion – aphelion | 2.15 – 2.94 au |
| Eccentricity | 0.156 |
| Inclination | 13.7° |
| Closest distance between its orbit and Earth's (MOID) | 1.19 au |
Data: NASA/JPL Small-Body Database and the IAU Minor Planet Center.
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