(333553) Salvador Inner Main-belt Asteroid
Discovered on 28 October 2005 by Mt. Lemmon Survey at Mount Lemmon.
Salvador Martinez III (b. 1990) is an American engineer. He is the lead Astromaterials Curation Engineer at NASA Johnson Space Center. Salvador led the design, manufacturing, testing and implementation of the curation hardware used to disassemble the Touch-and-Go Sample Acquisition Mechanism and extract the Bennu sample.Naming citation (WGSBN Bull. 5, #17, 27), IAU / Minor Planet Center, via NASA/JPL
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Where Salvador is today
Seen from above the solar system on 2026-10-14: Salvador is 1.96 au from the Sun and 1.90 au from Earth. Computed from JPL's orbital elements.
Facts
| Number | 333553 |
| Provisional designation | 2005 UN460 |
| Orbit class | Inner Main-belt Asteroid |
| Absolute magnitude (H) | 18.41 |
| Orbital period | 2.58 years |
| Semi-major axis | 1.88 au |
| Perihelion – aphelion | 1.76 – 2.00 au |
| Eccentricity | 0.0629 |
| Inclination | 19.8° |
| Closest distance between its orbit and Earth's (MOID) | 0.819 au |
Data: NASA/JPL Small-Body Database and the IAU Minor Planet Center.