(128022) Peterantreasian Main-belt Asteroid

Discovered on 2 May 2003 by CSS at Catalina.

Peter Antreasian (b. 1961) is the Navigation Team Chief at KinetX, Inc. for the OSIRIS-REx asteroid sample return mission. He is responsible for leading the navigation team, and for defining the technical approach and results for navigation team products and deliveries.Naming citation (MPC batch dated 2016-08-18), IAU / Minor Planet Center, via NASA/JPL

Where Peterantreasian is today

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Seen from above the solar system on 2026-10-14: Peterantreasian is 2.98 au from the Sun and 3.84 au from Earth. Computed from JPL's orbital elements.

Facts

Number128022
Provisional designation2003 JV17
Orbit classMain-belt Asteroid
Diameter4.44 km (#11,768 largest of 17,440 named asteroids with a measured size)
Albedo0.0430
Absolute magnitude (H)16.06
Orbital period4.02 years
Semi-major axis2.53 au
Perihelion – aphelion1.94 – 3.12 au
Eccentricity0.233
Inclination10.0°
Closest distance between its orbit and Earth's (MOID)0.928 au

Data: NASA/JPL Small-Body Database and the IAU Minor Planet Center.

Also named after someone called Peter

Also discovered on 2 May 2003

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