(8136) Landis Main-belt Asteroid
Discovered on 25 June 1979 by Helin, E. F., Bus, S. J. at Siding Spring.
Rob R. Landis (b. 1963) is a NEO Program Officer at NASA Headquarters. Rob's lifelong passion for astronomy has taken him from working part time while in college at Abrams Planetarium, through a widely varied career on NASA missions, including HST, Cassini, Mars Exploration Rovers and the ISS.Naming citation (MPC batch dated 2014-09-09), IAU / Minor Planet Center, via NASA/JPL
Where Landis is today
Seen from above the solar system on 2026-10-14: Landis is 3.43 au from the Sun and 3.50 au from Earth. Computed from JPL's orbital elements.
Facts
| Number | 8136 |
| Provisional designation | 1979 MH2 |
| Orbit class | Main-belt Asteroid |
| Diameter | 8.57 km (#6,096 largest of 17,440 named asteroids with a measured size) |
| Albedo | 0.0870 |
| Absolute magnitude (H) | 14.04 |
| Orbital period | 5.63 years |
| Semi-major axis | 3.16 au |
| Perihelion – aphelion | 2.79 – 3.53 au |
| Eccentricity | 0.117 |
| Inclination | 3.83° |
| Closest distance between its orbit and Earth's (MOID) | 1.78 au |
Data: NASA/JPL Small-Body Database and the IAU Minor Planet Center.
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