(134091) Jaysoncowley Main-belt Asteroid
Discovered on 14 December 2004 by CSS at Catalina.
Jayson Cowley (b. 1959) is the United Launch Alliance Mission Manager for the OSIRIS-REx Asteroid Sample Return Mission. He has supported NASA with Titan-IV, Delta-II and Atlas-V launch services for the MAVEN, LDCM, WISE, STSS-D and Cassini missions.Naming citation (MPC batch dated 2016-08-18), IAU / Minor Planet Center, via NASA/JPL
Where Jaysoncowley is today
Seen from above the solar system on 2026-10-14: Jaysoncowley is 3.03 au from the Sun and 2.56 au from Earth. Computed from JPL's orbital elements.
Facts
| Number | 134091 |
| Provisional designation | 2004 XU110 |
| Orbit class | Main-belt Asteroid |
| Diameter | 4.44 km (#11,770 largest of 17,440 named asteroids with a measured size) |
| Albedo | 0.0980 |
| Absolute magnitude (H) | 15.25 |
| Orbital period | 5.45 years |
| Semi-major axis | 3.10 au |
| Perihelion – aphelion | 2.78 – 3.42 au |
| Eccentricity | 0.104 |
| Inclination | 5.58° |
| Closest distance between its orbit and Earth's (MOID) | 1.79 au |
Data: NASA/JPL Small-Body Database and the IAU Minor Planet Center.
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