(120353) Katrinajackson Main-belt Asteroid

Discovered on 4 June 2005 by CSS at Catalina.

Katrina Jackson (b. 1989) is a video producer for the OSIRIS-REx Asteroid Sample Return Mission and the Hubble Space Telescope at NASA's Goddard Space Flight Center.Naming citation (MPC batch dated 2016-11-14), IAU / Minor Planet Center, via NASA/JPL

Where Katrinajackson is today

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Seen from above the solar system on 2026-10-14: Katrinajackson is 2.19 au from the Sun and 3.15 au from Earth. Computed from JPL's orbital elements.

Facts

Number120353
Provisional designation2005 LM6
Orbit classMain-belt Asteroid
Absolute magnitude (H)16.86
Orbital period3.63 years
Semi-major axis2.36 au
Perihelion – aphelion1.79 – 2.93 au
Eccentricity0.240
Inclination5.51°
Closest distance between its orbit and Earth's (MOID)0.782 au

Data: NASA/JPL Small-Body Database and the IAU Minor Planet Center.

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