(201935) Robertbraun Main-belt Asteroid

Discovered on 26 February 2004 by M. W. Buie at Kitt Peak.

Robert Braun (b. 1965) is an aerospace engineer and head of the Johns Hopkins University Applied Physics Laboratory's Space Exploration Sector during the flight of NASA's New Horizons mission across the Kuiper Belt.Naming citation (WGSBN Bull. 4, #4, 7), IAU / Minor Planet Center, via NASA/JPL

Where Robertbraun is today

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Seen from above the solar system on 2026-10-14: Robertbraun is 3.18 au from the Sun and 4.13 au from Earth. Computed from JPL's orbital elements.

Facts

Number201935
Provisional designation2004 DB67
Orbit classMain-belt Asteroid
Absolute magnitude (H)15.29
Orbital period5.33 years
Semi-major axis3.05 au
Perihelion – aphelion2.74 – 3.36 au
Eccentricity0.103
Inclination9.46°
Closest distance between its orbit and Earth's (MOID)1.72 au

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

Also named after someone called Robert

Also discovered on 26 February 2004

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