(130089) Saadatanwar Main-belt Asteroid
Discovered on 4 December 1999 by CSS at Catalina.
Saadat Anwar (b. 1972) is the GSE & Software Lead for the OTES instrument on the OSIRIS-REx Asteroid Sample Return Mission. He leads a team of Software Engineers at the Mars Space Flight Facility, and has developed targeting & analysis software for the LRO, MRO, Mars Odyssey, MER and MGS missions.Naming citation (MPC batch dated 2016-11-14), IAU / Minor Planet Center, via NASA/JPL
Where Saadatanwar is today
Seen from above the solar system on 2026-10-14: Saadatanwar is 2.07 au from the Sun and 1.44 au from Earth. Computed from JPL's orbital elements.
Facts
| Number | 130089 |
| Provisional designation | 1999 XC5 |
| Orbit class | Main-belt Asteroid |
| Absolute magnitude (H) | 15.63 |
| Orbital period | 4.48 years |
| Semi-major axis | 2.72 au |
| Perihelion – aphelion | 2.06 – 3.38 au |
| Eccentricity | 0.243 |
| Inclination | 11.7° |
| Closest distance between its orbit and Earth's (MOID) | 1.07 au |
Data: NASA/JPL Small-Body Database and the IAU Minor Planet Center.
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