(134125) Shaundaly Main-belt Asteroid

Discovered on 6 January 2005 by CSS at Catalina.

Shaun Daly (b. 1979) is the KSC Launch Services Program Integration Engineer for the OSIRIS-REx Asteroid Sample Return Mission. He has served in the aerospace industry since 1997 both for the USAF as a Crew Chief during Operation Enduring Freedom and for NASA as an avionics engineer on 25 missions.Naming citation (MPC batch dated 2016-11-14), IAU / Minor Planet Center, via NASA/JPL

Where Shaundaly is today

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Seen from above the solar system on 2026-10-14: Shaundaly is 2.80 au from the Sun and 2.52 au from Earth. Computed from JPL's orbital elements.

Facts

Number134125
Provisional designation2005 AH6
Orbit classMain-belt Asteroid
Diameter4.93 km (#10,742 largest of 17,440 named asteroids with a measured size)
Albedo0.0600
Absolute magnitude (H)15.43
Orbital period5.53 years
Semi-major axis3.13 au
Perihelion – aphelion2.77 – 3.48 au
Eccentricity0.113
Inclination6.69°
Closest distance between its orbit and Earth's (MOID)1.80 au

Data: NASA/JPL Small-Body Database and the IAU Minor Planet Center.

Also named after someone called Shaun

Also discovered on 6 January 2005

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