(133832) Loveridge Main-belt Asteroid
Discovered on 5 December 2003 by CSS at Catalina.
Michael Francis Ubaldo Loveridge (b. 1993) worked on NASA's OSIRIS-REx Mission as a software engineer at the Science Processing and Operations Center. His primary contributions included work on science data assembly and processing software.Naming citation (MPC batch dated 2020-08-07), IAU / Minor Planet Center, via NASA/JPL
Where Loveridge is today
Seen from above the solar system on 2026-10-14: Loveridge is 2.79 au from the Sun and 3.17 au from Earth. Computed from JPL's orbital elements.
Facts
| Number | 133832 |
| Provisional designation | 2003 XJ39 |
| Orbit class | Main-belt Asteroid |
| Diameter | 5.94 km (#9,039 largest of 17,440 named asteroids with a measured size) |
| Albedo | 0.0550 |
| Absolute magnitude (H) | 15.17 |
| Orbital period | 5.54 years |
| Semi-major axis | 3.13 au |
| Perihelion – aphelion | 2.51 – 3.76 au |
| Eccentricity | 0.200 |
| Inclination | 14.2° |
| Closest distance between its orbit and Earth's (MOID) | 1.52 au |
Data: NASA/JPL Small-Body Database and the IAU Minor Planet Center.
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