(130067) Marius-Phaneuf Main-belt Asteroid
Discovered on 1 November 1999 by CSS at Catalina.
Rene-Pier Marius-Phaneuf (b. 1971) is a Senior Project Manager at the Canadian Space Agency. He is responsible for the delivery of the OLA instrument to the OSIRIS-REx Mission. He has been involved in the Canadian contributions to Herschel (HIFI), the Mars Science Laboratory (APXS) and JWST (FGS-NIRISS).Naming citation (MPC batch dated 2016-11-14), IAU / Minor Planet Center, via NASA/JPL
Where Marius-Phaneuf is today
Seen from above the solar system on 2026-10-14: Marius-Phaneuf is 2.94 au from the Sun and 3.90 au from Earth. Computed from JPL's orbital elements.
Facts
| Number | 130067 |
| Provisional designation | 1999 VM194 |
| Orbit class | Main-belt Asteroid |
| Absolute magnitude (H) | 15.65 |
| Orbital period | 4.09 years |
| Semi-major axis | 2.56 au |
| Perihelion – aphelion | 1.93 – 3.19 au |
| Eccentricity | 0.246 |
| Inclination | 15.0° |
| Closest distance between its orbit and Earth's (MOID) | 0.992 au |
Data: NASA/JPL Small-Body Database and the IAU Minor Planet Center.
Also named after someone called Pier
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Also discovered on 1 November 1999
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