(120153) Hoekenga Main-belt Asteroid
Discovered on 21 April 2003 by CSS at Catalina.
B. Christine Hoekenga (b. 1981) worked on the OSIRIS-REx mission as the social media lead in the Principal Investigator's office.Naming citation (MPC batch dated 2016-11-14), IAU / Minor Planet Center, via NASA/JPL
Where Hoekenga is today
Seen from above the solar system on 2026-10-14: Hoekenga is 3.07 au from the Sun and 2.08 au from Earth. Computed from JPL's orbital elements.
Facts
| Number | 120153 |
| Provisional designation | 2003 HR2 |
| Orbit class | Main-belt Asteroid |
| Diameter | 3.61 km (#13,679 largest of 17,440 named asteroids with a measured size) |
| Albedo | 0.113 |
| Absolute magnitude (H) | 15.33 |
| Orbital period | 5.32 years |
| Semi-major axis | 3.05 au |
| Perihelion – aphelion | 2.77 – 3.32 au |
| Eccentricity | 0.0897 |
| Inclination | 10.2° |
| Closest distance between its orbit and Earth's (MOID) | 1.77 au |
Data: NASA/JPL Small-Body Database and the IAU Minor Planet Center.
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