(333052) Skeen Main-belt Asteroid
Discovered on 20 October 2007 by Mt. Lemmon Survey at Mount Lemmon.
Michael Skeen (b. 1990), an American engineer, worked on the OSIRIS-REx mission as the Risk Reduction Test Lead and the Mission Operations Testbed Lead. He also worked as a spacecraft Systems Engineer throughout the development and mission operations phases of the project.Naming citation (WGSBN Bull. 3, #6, 12), IAU / Minor Planet Center, via NASA/JPL
Where Skeen is today
Seen from above the solar system on 2026-10-14: Skeen is 2.93 au from the Sun and 3.91 au from Earth. Computed from JPL's orbital elements.
Facts
| Number | 333052 |
| Provisional designation | 2011 SQ185 |
| Orbit class | Main-belt Asteroid |
| Diameter | 2.17 km (#16,824 largest of 17,440 named asteroids with a measured size) |
| Albedo | 0.0720 |
| Absolute magnitude (H) | 17.23 |
| Orbital period | 4.22 years |
| Semi-major axis | 2.61 au |
| Perihelion – aphelion | 2.02 – 3.21 au |
| Eccentricity | 0.227 |
| Inclination | 4.01° |
| Closest distance between its orbit and Earth's (MOID) | 1.01 au |
Data: NASA/JPL Small-Body Database and the IAU Minor Planet Center.
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