(121331) Savannahsalazar Main-belt Asteroid
Discovered on 30 September 1999 by CSS at Catalina.
Savannah J. Salazar (b. 1995) worked as a student employee on the OSIRIS-REx project at the University of Arizona's Lunar and Planetary Lab, helping to organize the naming of asteroids for team members.Naming citation (MPC batch dated 2017-11-04), IAU / Minor Planet Center, via NASA/JPL
Where Savannahsalazar is today
Seen from above the solar system on 2026-10-14: Savannahsalazar is 2.96 au from the Sun and 2.34 au from Earth. Computed from JPL's orbital elements.
Facts
| Number | 121331 |
| Provisional designation | 1999 SN22 |
| Orbit class | Main-belt Asteroid |
| Diameter | 3.68 km (#13,516 largest of 17,440 named asteroids with a measured size) |
| Albedo | 0.143 |
| Absolute magnitude (H) | 15.24 |
| Orbital period | 5.50 years |
| Semi-major axis | 3.12 au |
| Perihelion – aphelion | 2.94 – 3.30 au |
| Eccentricity | 0.0576 |
| Inclination | 10.2° |
| Closest distance between its orbit and Earth's (MOID) | 1.93 au |
Data: NASA/JPL Small-Body Database and the IAU Minor Planet Center.
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Also discovered on 30 September 1999
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