(129073) Sandyfreund Main-belt Asteroid
Discovered on 9 November 2004 by CSS at Catalina.
Sandy Freund (b. 1979) is the flight system Fault Protection Lead and Launch and SRC Release Mission Phase lead at Lockheed Martin on the OSIRIS-REx Mission. She was the fault protection lead on MAVEN and was a mission operations development lead on the Phoenix Mission's EDL critical mission phase.Naming citation (MPC batch dated 2016-08-18), IAU / Minor Planet Center, via NASA/JPL
Where Sandyfreund is today
Seen from above the solar system on 2026-10-14: Sandyfreund is 3.33 au from the Sun and 2.35 au from Earth. Computed from JPL's orbital elements.
Facts
| Number | 129073 |
| Provisional designation | 2004 VP59 |
| Orbit class | Main-belt Asteroid |
| Absolute magnitude (H) | 15.35 |
| Orbital period | 5.59 years |
| Semi-major axis | 3.15 au |
| Perihelion – aphelion | 2.71 – 3.59 au |
| Eccentricity | 0.139 |
| Inclination | 3.29° |
| Closest distance between its orbit and Earth's (MOID) | 1.72 au |
Data: NASA/JPL Small-Body Database and the IAU Minor Planet Center.
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