(129050) Lowellcogburn Main-belt Asteroid
Discovered on 3 November 2004 by CSS at Catalina.
Lowell Cogburn (b. 1955) is the OSIRIS REx spacecraft lead dynamics analyst responsible for Touch and Go dynamic analysis and Sample Return Capsule release dynamic analysis. He was the Dynamics lead on the GRAIL lunar mission.Naming citation (MPC batch dated 2016-08-18), IAU / Minor Planet Center, via NASA/JPL
Where Lowellcogburn is today
Seen from above the solar system on 2026-10-14: Lowellcogburn is 3.04 au from the Sun and 3.12 au from Earth. Computed from JPL's orbital elements.
Facts
| Number | 129050 |
| Provisional designation | 2004 VW9 |
| Orbit class | Main-belt Asteroid |
| Diameter | 2.15 km (#16,854 largest of 17,440 named asteroids with a measured size) |
| Albedo | 0.167 |
| Absolute magnitude (H) | 15.85 |
| Orbital period | 4.65 years |
| Semi-major axis | 2.78 au |
| Perihelion – aphelion | 2.43 – 3.14 au |
| Eccentricity | 0.129 |
| Inclination | 14.8° |
| Closest distance between its orbit and Earth's (MOID) | 1.49 au |
Data: NASA/JPL Small-Body Database and the IAU Minor Planet Center.
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