(133782) Saraknutson Main-belt Asteroid
Discovered on 20 November 2003 by CSS at Catalina.
Sara Balram Knutson (b. 1987) worked on OSIRIS-REx mission as a Science Processing and Operations Center Operations Engineer. She contributed to SPOC strategic and tactical planning activities, including building science instrument sequences for execution on the spacecraft.Naming citation (MPC batch dated 2016-08-18), IAU / Minor Planet Center, via NASA/JPL
Where Saraknutson is today
Seen from above the solar system on 2026-10-14: Saraknutson is 2.71 au from the Sun and 3.51 au from Earth. Computed from JPL's orbital elements.
Facts
| Number | 133782 |
| Provisional designation | 2003 WY98 |
| Orbit class | Main-belt Asteroid |
| Diameter | 2.35 km (#16,515 largest of 17,440 named asteroids with a measured size) |
| Albedo | 0.242 |
| Absolute magnitude (H) | 15.53 |
| Orbital period | 4.28 years |
| Semi-major axis | 2.63 au |
| Perihelion – aphelion | 2.42 – 2.85 au |
| Eccentricity | 0.0801 |
| Inclination | 14.2° |
| Closest distance between its orbit and Earth's (MOID) | 1.42 au |
Data: NASA/JPL Small-Body Database and the IAU Minor Planet Center.
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