(129148) Sheilahaggard Main-belt Asteroid
Discovered on 3 March 2005 by CSS at Catalina.
Sheila D. Gray Haggard (b. 1971) is a Lockheed Martin test engineer for the OSIRIS-REx Asteroid Sample Return Mission, responsible for development of system verification tests. She has worked many other NASA missions including MGS, Stardust, Odyssey, Spitzer, Genesis, MRO, Grail, MAVEN and InSight.Naming citation (MPC batch dated 2016-08-18), IAU / Minor Planet Center, via NASA/JPL
Where Sheilahaggard is today
Seen from above the solar system on 2026-10-14: Sheilahaggard is 2.77 au from the Sun and 2.54 au from Earth. Computed from JPL's orbital elements.
Facts
| Number | 129148 |
| Provisional designation | 2005 ET49 |
| Orbit class | Main-belt Asteroid |
| Diameter | 3.11 km (#14,939 largest of 17,440 named asteroids with a measured size) |
| Albedo | 0.0730 |
| Absolute magnitude (H) | 16.21 |
| Orbital period | 4.51 years |
| Semi-major axis | 2.73 au |
| Perihelion – aphelion | 2.66 – 2.80 au |
| Eccentricity | 0.0262 |
| Inclination | 4.49° |
| Closest distance between its orbit and Earth's (MOID) | 1.65 au |
Data: NASA/JPL Small-Body Database and the IAU Minor Planet Center.
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