(134138) Laurabayley Main-belt Asteroid
Discovered on 9 January 2005 by CSS at Catalina.
Laura C. Bayley (b. 1988) is a student engineer at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology responsible for test planning and assembly of the student-built Regolith X-ray Imaging Spectrometer aboard the OSIRIS-REx Asteroid Sample Return Mission.Naming citation (MPC batch dated 2016-08-18), IAU / Minor Planet Center, via NASA/JPL
Where Laurabayley is today
Seen from above the solar system on 2026-10-14: Laurabayley is 2.99 au from the Sun and 3.98 au from Earth. Computed from JPL's orbital elements.
Facts
| Number | 134138 |
| Provisional designation | 2005 AG30 |
| Orbit class | Main-belt Asteroid |
| Diameter | 5.17 km (#10,306 largest of 17,440 named asteroids with a measured size) |
| Albedo | 0.0550 |
| Absolute magnitude (H) | 15.4 |
| Orbital period | 4.16 years |
| Semi-major axis | 2.59 au |
| Perihelion – aphelion | 2.01 – 3.16 au |
| Eccentricity | 0.223 |
| Inclination | 12.9° |
| Closest distance between its orbit and Earth's (MOID) | 1.03 au |
Data: NASA/JPL Small-Body Database and the IAU Minor Planet Center.
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