(134028) Mikefitzgibbon Main-belt Asteroid
Discovered on 12 November 2004 by CSS at Catalina.
Mike Fitzgibbon (b. 1962) worked on the OSIRIS-REx mission as an OCAMS Software Engineer and on Space Shuttle missions with the AIS, GLO and UVSTAR instruments, and a number of planetary missions including Mars Polar Lander, Mars Odyssey, Phoenix, Lunar Reconnaissance Orbiter, MESSENGER and MSL.Naming citation (MPC batch dated 2016-08-18), IAU / Minor Planet Center, via NASA/JPL
Where Mikefitzgibbon is today
Seen from above the solar system on 2026-10-14: Mikefitzgibbon is 2.26 au from the Sun and 1.98 au from Earth. Computed from JPL's orbital elements.
Facts
| Number | 134028 |
| Provisional designation | 2004 VE77 |
| Orbit class | Main-belt Asteroid |
| Absolute magnitude (H) | 16.7 |
| Orbital period | 3.60 years |
| Semi-major axis | 2.35 au |
| Perihelion – aphelion | 2.25 – 2.46 au |
| Eccentricity | 0.0448 |
| Inclination | 6.76° |
| Closest distance between its orbit and Earth's (MOID) | 1.27 au |
Data: NASA/JPL Small-Body Database and the IAU Minor Planet Center.
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