(128348) Jasonleonard Main-belt Asteroid
Discovered on 15 April 2004 by CSS at Catalina.
Jason Leonard (b. 1987) is a member of the navigation team at KinetX, Inc. for the OSIRIS-REx asteroid return mission.Naming citation (MPC batch dated 2016-08-18), IAU / Minor Planet Center, via NASA/JPL
Where Jasonleonard is today
Seen from above the solar system on 2026-10-14: Jasonleonard is 2.74 au from the Sun and 2.41 au from Earth. Computed from JPL's orbital elements.
Facts
| Number | 128348 |
| Provisional designation | 2004 GK27 |
| Orbit class | Main-belt Asteroid |
| Absolute magnitude (H) | 15.63 |
| Orbital period | 4.14 years |
| Semi-major axis | 2.58 au |
| Perihelion – aphelion | 1.91 – 3.25 au |
| Eccentricity | 0.260 |
| Inclination | 12.6° |
| Closest distance between its orbit and Earth's (MOID) | 0.909 au |
Data: NASA/JPL Small-Body Database and the IAU Minor Planet Center.
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