(120452) Schombert Main-belt Asteroid
Discovered on 6 July 1988 by A. Maury at Palomar.
James Schombert (b. 1957) is an observational cosmologist, who started working during the second Palomar Observatory Sky Survey. He is now an astronomy professor at the University of Oregon working on galaxy formation and evolution and the interaction with dark matter using telescopes such as HST and Spitzer.Naming citation (MPC batch dated 2020-08-07), IAU / Minor Planet Center, via NASA/JPL
Where Schombert is today
Seen from above the solar system on 2026-10-14: Schombert is 3.60 au from the Sun and 2.80 au from Earth. Computed from JPL's orbital elements.
Facts
| Number | 120452 |
| Provisional designation | 1988 NA |
| Orbit class | Main-belt Asteroid |
| Diameter | 5.02 km (#10,574 largest of 17,440 named asteroids with a measured size) |
| Albedo | 0.0580 |
| Absolute magnitude (H) | 15.64 |
| Orbital period | 4.59 years |
| Semi-major axis | 2.76 au |
| Perihelion – aphelion | 1.71 – 3.82 au |
| Eccentricity | 0.382 |
| Inclination | 30.2° |
| Closest distance between its orbit and Earth's (MOID) | 0.934 au |
Data: NASA/JPL Small-Body Database and the IAU Minor Planet Center.
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