(129095) Martyschmitzer Main-belt Asteroid
Discovered on 1 December 2004 by CSS at Catalina.
Martin Schmitzer (b. 1970) is the RF Subsystem Lead for the OSIRIS-REx Asteroid Sample Return Mission. He served as the RF lead for the GRAIL mission, MRO and Odyssey Mars missions, and Spitzer Space Telescope and was a team member on the Stardust comet sample return mission and 1998 Mars Surveyor Program.Naming citation (MPC batch dated 2016-08-18), IAU / Minor Planet Center, via NASA/JPL
Where Martyschmitzer is today
Seen from above the solar system on 2026-10-14: Martyschmitzer is 2.61 au from the Sun and 2.75 au from Earth. Computed from JPL's orbital elements.
Facts
| Number | 129095 |
| Provisional designation | 2004 XC1 |
| Orbit class | Main-belt Asteroid |
| Diameter | 2.72 km (#15,809 largest of 17,440 named asteroids with a measured size) |
| Albedo | 0.344 |
| Absolute magnitude (H) | 15.06 |
| Orbital period | 4.25 years |
| Semi-major axis | 2.62 au |
| Perihelion – aphelion | 2.45 – 2.80 au |
| Eccentricity | 0.0680 |
| Inclination | 12.4° |
| Closest distance between its orbit and Earth's (MOID) | 1.48 au |
Data: NASA/JPL Small-Body Database and the IAU Minor Planet Center.
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