(127933) Shaunoborn Main-belt Asteroid

Discovered on 21 April 2003 by CSS at Catalina.

Shaun Oborn (b. 1964) is a member of the team at Solo Effects LLC and has contributed to the NASA OSIRIS-REx Asteroid Sample Return Mission working with the Navigation/Flight Dynamics Team.Naming citation (MPC batch dated 2016-08-18), IAU / Minor Planet Center, via NASA/JPL

Where Shaunoborn is today

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Seen from above the solar system on 2026-10-14: Shaunoborn is 2.02 au from the Sun and 3.01 au from Earth. Computed from JPL's orbital elements.

Facts

Number127933
Provisional designation2003 HF1
Orbit classMain-belt Asteroid
Absolute magnitude (H)16.63
Orbital period3.36 years
Semi-major axis2.25 au
Perihelion – aphelion1.96 – 2.53 au
Eccentricity0.129
Inclination2.88°
Closest distance between its orbit and Earth's (MOID)0.942 au

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

Also named after someone called Shaun

Also discovered on 21 April 2003

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