(134180) Nirajinamdar Main-belt Asteroid
Discovered on 1 February 2005 by CSS at Catalina.
Niraj K. Inamdar (b. 1986) worked as a student engineer at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology where he conducted the preliminary performance modeling in the development of the student-built Regolith X-ray Imaging Spectrometer aboard the OSIRIS-REx Asteroid Sample Return Mission.Naming citation (MPC batch dated 2016-08-18), IAU / Minor Planet Center, via NASA/JPL
Where Nirajinamdar is today
Seen from above the solar system on 2026-10-14: Nirajinamdar is 2.24 au from the Sun and 1.29 au from Earth. Computed from JPL's orbital elements.
Facts
| Number | 134180 |
| Provisional designation | 2005 CN22 |
| Orbit class | Main-belt Asteroid |
| Absolute magnitude (H) | 16.0 |
| Orbital period | 3.80 years |
| Semi-major axis | 2.44 au |
| Perihelion – aphelion | 2.24 – 2.63 au |
| Eccentricity | 0.0806 |
| Inclination | 13.2° |
| Closest distance between its orbit and Earth's (MOID) | 1.29 au |
Data: NASA/JPL Small-Body Database and the IAU Minor Planet Center.
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