(132791) Jeremybauman Main-belt Asteroid
Discovered on 11 August 2002 by M. W. Buie at Cerro Tololo.
Jeremy A. Bauman (b. 1983) is an American engineer at KinetX Aerospace. He served as orbit-determination lead for the NASA New Horizons Mission to Pluto and the Kuiper Belt.Naming citation (WGSBN Bull. 4, #3, 9), IAU / Minor Planet Center, via NASA/JPL
Where Jeremybauman is today
Seen from above the solar system on 2026-10-14: Jeremybauman is 3.72 au from the Sun and 4.63 au from Earth. Computed from JPL's orbital elements.
Facts
| Number | 132791 |
| Provisional designation | 2002 PY149 |
| Orbit class | Main-belt Asteroid |
| Diameter | 5.64 km (#9,497 largest of 17,440 named asteroids with a measured size) |
| Albedo | 0.0380 |
| Absolute magnitude (H) | 15.75 |
| Orbital period | 5.42 years |
| Semi-major axis | 3.09 au |
| Perihelion – aphelion | 2.35 – 3.83 au |
| Eccentricity | 0.239 |
| Inclination | 1.73° |
| Closest distance between its orbit and Earth's (MOID) | 1.35 au |
Data: NASA/JPL Small-Body Database and the IAU Minor Planet Center.
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