(129196) Mitchbeiser Main-belt Asteroid
Discovered on 30 June 2005 by CSS at Catalina.
Mitchell Beiser (b. 1991) worked as a mechanical design engineer on the OSIRIS-REx Asteroid Sample Return Mission OCAMS camera system. He is passionate about the outdoors and the night sky.Naming citation (MPC batch dated 2016-08-18), IAU / Minor Planet Center, via NASA/JPL
Where Mitchbeiser is today
Seen from above the solar system on 2026-10-14: Mitchbeiser is 2.34 au from the Sun and 3.22 au from Earth. Computed from JPL's orbital elements.
Facts
| Number | 129196 |
| Provisional designation | 2005 MV52 |
| Orbit class | Main-belt Asteroid |
| Absolute magnitude (H) | 16.41 |
| Orbital period | 3.64 years |
| Semi-major axis | 2.37 au |
| Perihelion – aphelion | 1.84 – 2.89 au |
| Eccentricity | 0.222 |
| Inclination | 3.40° |
| Closest distance between its orbit and Earth's (MOID) | 0.831 au |
Data: NASA/JPL Small-Body Database and the IAU Minor Planet Center.
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