(333546) Perkins Main-belt Asteroid
Discovered on 22 October 2005 by CSS at Catalina.
Trevor Perkins (b. 1995) is an American systems engineer and Real Time Operator for the OSIRIS-REx Asteroid Sample Return Mission, responsible for developing flight products as well as on-console support to monitor and command the spacecraft. He also supports the InSight, Mars Odyssey, Mars Reconnaissance Orbiter, Juno, MAVEN, and Lucy missions.Naming citation (WGSBN Bull. 5, #17, 27), IAU / Minor Planet Center, via NASA/JPL
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Where Perkins is today
Seen from above the solar system on 2026-10-14: Perkins is 2.16 au from the Sun and 3.01 au from Earth. Computed from JPL's orbital elements.
Facts
| Number | 333546 |
| Provisional designation | 2005 UA44 |
| Orbit class | Main-belt Asteroid |
| Absolute magnitude (H) | 17.27 |
| Orbital period | 3.66 years |
| Semi-major axis | 2.37 au |
| Perihelion – aphelion | 1.80 – 2.95 au |
| Eccentricity | 0.241 |
| Inclination | 3.06° |
| Closest distance between its orbit and Earth's (MOID) | 0.791 au |
Data: NASA/JPL Small-Body Database and the IAU Minor Planet Center.
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