(130229) Igorlazbin Main-belt Asteroid

Discovered on 30 January 2000 by CSS at Catalina.

Igor Lazbin (b. 1965) is the Controls Lead for the OTES instrument on the OSIRIS-REx Asteroid Sample Return Mission. He was the Guidance Navigation and Controls Lead on several NASA and Air Force spacecraft projects and developed controls solutions for a variety of spacecraft applications.Naming citation (MPC batch dated 2016-11-14), IAU / Minor Planet Center, via NASA/JPL

Where Igorlazbin is today

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Seen from above the solar system on 2026-10-14: Igorlazbin is 2.88 au from the Sun and 2.28 au from Earth. Computed from JPL's orbital elements.

Facts

Number130229
Provisional designation2000 BV33
Orbit classMain-belt Asteroid
Diameter4.53 km (#11,575 largest of 17,440 named asteroids with a measured size)
Albedo0.0600
Absolute magnitude (H)15.54
Orbital period5.49 years
Semi-major axis3.11 au
Perihelion – aphelion2.70 – 3.53 au
Eccentricity0.134
Inclination3.02°
Closest distance between its orbit and Earth's (MOID)1.71 au

Data: NASA/JPL Small-Body Database and the IAU Minor Planet Center.

Also named after someone called Igor

Also discovered on 30 January 2000

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