(377144) Okietex Main-belt Asteroid
Discovered on 30 August 2003 by Dellinger, J., Wells, D. at Needville.
The Oklahoma City Astronomy Club, founded in 1958, has run the Okie-tex star party annually since 1984. It offers amateur astronomers a relaxed observing atmosphere under some of the darkest skies in the central United States.Naming citation (MPC batch dated 2017-10-05), IAU / Minor Planet Center, via NASA/JPL
Where Okietex is today
Seen from above the solar system on 2026-10-14: Okietex is 2.16 au from the Sun and 1.73 au from Earth. Computed from JPL's orbital elements.
Facts
| Number | 377144 |
| Provisional designation | 2003 QJ96 |
| Orbit class | Main-belt Asteroid |
| Absolute magnitude (H) | 16.11 |
| Orbital period | 4.64 years |
| Semi-major axis | 2.78 au |
| Perihelion – aphelion | 2.15 – 3.41 au |
| Eccentricity | 0.225 |
| Inclination | 7.78° |
| Closest distance between its orbit and Earth's (MOID) | 1.14 au |
Data: NASA/JPL Small-Body Database and the IAU Minor Planet Center.