(128038) Jimadams Main-belt Asteroid
Discovered on 30 May 2003 by M. W. Buie at Cerro Tololo.
W. James Adams (b. 1957) is a former American NASA project manager and executive. He served as Deputy Division Director of the Planetary Science Division in the Science Mission Directorate during the flight of New Horizons to Pluto and the Kuiper Belt.Naming citation (WGSBN Bull. 4, #3, 8), IAU / Minor Planet Center, via NASA/JPL
Where Jimadams is today
Seen from above the solar system on 2026-10-14: Jimadams is 2.92 au from the Sun and 2.56 au from Earth. Computed from JPL's orbital elements.
Facts
| Number | 128038 |
| Provisional designation | 2003 KK23 |
| Orbit class | Main-belt Asteroid |
| Diameter | 3.91 km (#12,983 largest of 17,440 named asteroids with a measured size) |
| Albedo | 0.0670 |
| Absolute magnitude (H) | 15.57 |
| Orbital period | 5.51 years |
| Semi-major axis | 3.12 au |
| Perihelion – aphelion | 2.77 – 3.47 au |
| Eccentricity | 0.113 |
| Inclination | 4.26° |
| Closest distance between its orbit and Earth's (MOID) | 1.76 au |
Data: NASA/JPL Small-Body Database and the IAU Minor Planet Center.
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