(134134) Kristoferdrozd Main-belt Asteroid
Discovered on 6 January 2005 by CSS at Catalina.
Kristofer Drozd (b. 1993) is a systems engineering graduate student at the University of Arizona. On the OSIRIS-REx asteroid sample return mission, he was on the team tasked with testing the performance of the stereophotoclinometry software used for mapping and optical navigation.Naming citation (MPC batch dated 2017-01-12), IAU / Minor Planet Center, via NASA/JPL
Where Kristoferdrozd is today
Seen from above the solar system on 2026-10-14: Kristoferdrozd is 3.00 au from the Sun and 3.15 au from Earth. Computed from JPL's orbital elements.
Facts
| Number | 134134 |
| Provisional designation | 2005 AU21 |
| Orbit class | Main-belt Asteroid |
| Diameter | 5.22 km (#10,202 largest of 17,440 named asteroids with a measured size) |
| Albedo | 0.0780 |
| Absolute magnitude (H) | 15.32 |
| Orbital period | 5.49 years |
| Semi-major axis | 3.11 au |
| Perihelion – aphelion | 2.87 – 3.35 au |
| Eccentricity | 0.0767 |
| Inclination | 6.71° |
| Closest distance between its orbit and Earth's (MOID) | 1.89 au |
Data: NASA/JPL Small-Body Database and the IAU Minor Planet Center.
Also discovered on 6 January 2005
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- (134125) Shaundaly
- (134127) Basher
- (134131) Skipowens
- (184275) Laffra
- (280641) Edosara