(129108) Kristianwaldorff Main-belt Asteroid
Discovered on 9 December 2004 by CSS at Catalina.
Kristian Waldorff is the flight system GN&C LIDAR CPE at Lockheed Martin for the OSIRIS-REx Mission. He was a Payload Accommodation Engineer on the MAVEN mission and was on the Electrical System Engineering teams on the GRAIL and Phoenix missions.Naming citation (MPC batch dated 2016-08-18), IAU / Minor Planet Center, via NASA/JPL
Where Kristianwaldorff is today
Seen from above the solar system on 2026-10-14: Kristianwaldorff is 2.81 au from the Sun and 3.42 au from Earth. Computed from JPL's orbital elements.
Facts
| Number | 129108 |
| Provisional designation | 2004 XO24 |
| Orbit class | Main-belt Asteroid |
| Absolute magnitude (H) | 16.01 |
| Orbital period | 4.21 years |
| Semi-major axis | 2.61 au |
| Perihelion – aphelion | 2.20 – 3.02 au |
| Eccentricity | 0.157 |
| Inclination | 2.01° |
| Closest distance between its orbit and Earth's (MOID) | 1.20 au |
Data: NASA/JPL Small-Body Database and the IAU Minor Planet Center.
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