(130249) Markminer Main-belt Asteroid
Discovered on 5 February 2000 by CSS at Catalina.
Mark Miner (b. 1985) is the Thermal Engineer on the Thermal Emission Spectrometer Instrument on the OSIRIS-REx Asteroid Sample Return Mission.Naming citation (MPC batch dated 2016-11-14), IAU / Minor Planet Center, via NASA/JPL
Where Markminer is today
Seen from above the solar system on 2026-10-14: Markminer is 2.73 au from the Sun and 3.72 au from Earth. Computed from JPL's orbital elements.
Facts
| Number | 130249 |
| Provisional designation | 2000 CS106 |
| Orbit class | Main-belt Asteroid |
| Diameter | 6.40 km (#8,383 largest of 17,440 named asteroids with a measured size) |
| Albedo | 0.0430 |
| Absolute magnitude (H) | 15.05 |
| Orbital period | 5.19 years |
| Semi-major axis | 3.00 au |
| Perihelion – aphelion | 2.30 – 3.69 au |
| Eccentricity | 0.231 |
| Inclination | 13.1° |
| Closest distance between its orbit and Earth's (MOID) | 1.36 au |
Data: NASA/JPL Small-Body Database and the IAU Minor Planet Center.
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