(129063) Joshwood Main-belt Asteroid
Discovered on 4 November 2004 by CSS at Catalina.
Josh Wood (b. 1977) is the flight system System Design Lead and CPE at Lockheed Martin for the OSIRIS-REx Asteroid Sample Return Mission. He was also Systems/Electrical/Payload Accommodations Engineer for the GRAIL program, and the STL lead for the Phoenix Mars Lander.Naming citation (MPC batch dated 2016-08-18), IAU / Minor Planet Center, via NASA/JPL
Where Joshwood is today
Seen from above the solar system on 2026-10-14: Joshwood is 2.95 au from the Sun and 2.08 au from Earth. Computed from JPL's orbital elements.
Facts
| Number | 129063 |
| Provisional designation | 2004 VF26 |
| Orbit class | Main-belt Asteroid |
| Absolute magnitude (H) | 14.65 |
| Orbital period | 5.50 years |
| Semi-major axis | 3.12 au |
| Perihelion – aphelion | 2.93 – 3.30 au |
| Eccentricity | 0.0584 |
| Inclination | 8.22° |
| Closest distance between its orbit and Earth's (MOID) | 1.95 au |
Data: NASA/JPL Small-Body Database and the IAU Minor Planet Center.
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