(134146) Pronoybiswas Main-belt Asteroid
Discovered on 13 January 2005 by CSS at Catalina.
Pronoy K. Biswas (b. 1992) is a student engineer at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology responsible for designing and implementing the avionics system for 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 Pronoybiswas is today
Seen from above the solar system on 2026-10-14: Pronoybiswas is 3.12 au from the Sun and 3.66 au from Earth. Computed from JPL's orbital elements.
Facts
| Number | 134146 |
| Provisional designation | 2005 AL51 |
| Orbit class | Main-belt Asteroid |
| Diameter | 4.90 km (#10,819 largest of 17,440 named asteroids with a measured size) |
| Albedo | 0.0970 |
| Absolute magnitude (H) | 15.11 |
| Orbital period | 5.40 years |
| Semi-major axis | 3.08 au |
| Perihelion – aphelion | 2.88 – 3.27 au |
| Eccentricity | 0.0645 |
| Inclination | 13.0° |
| Closest distance between its orbit and Earth's (MOID) | 1.90 au |
Data: NASA/JPL Small-Body Database and the IAU Minor Planet Center.
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