(121008) Michellecrigger Main-belt Asteroid
Discovered on 14 January 1999 by CSS at Catalina.
Michelle Crigger (b. 1981) worked on the OSIRIS-REx Asteroid Sample Return Mission as a Financial Manager. Prior to this role, she provided resource and programmatic support to the Goddard Spaceflight Center CFO Office, Astrophysics Project Division and the ExPRESS Logistics Carrier Project at NASA.Naming citation (MPC batch dated 2016-11-14), IAU / Minor Planet Center, via NASA/JPL
Where Michellecrigger is today
Seen from above the solar system on 2026-10-14: Michellecrigger is 2.43 au from the Sun and 3.41 au from Earth. Computed from JPL's orbital elements.
Facts
| Number | 121008 |
| Provisional designation | 1999 AK10 |
| Orbit class | Main-belt Asteroid |
| Absolute magnitude (H) | 15.86 |
| Orbital period | 3.39 years |
| Semi-major axis | 2.26 au |
| Perihelion – aphelion | 1.74 – 2.78 au |
| Eccentricity | 0.230 |
| Inclination | 26.1° |
| Closest distance between its orbit and Earth's (MOID) | 0.875 au |
Data: NASA/JPL Small-Body Database and the IAU Minor Planet Center.
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