(121756) Sotomejias Main-belt Asteroid
Discovered on 7 December 1999 by CSS at Catalina.
Vanessa Soto-Mejias (b. 1982) contributed to the NASA OSIRIS-REx Asteroid Sample Return Mission as Resource Analyst.Naming citation (MPC batch dated 2016-08-18), IAU / Minor Planet Center, via NASA/JPL
Where Sotomejias is today
Seen from above the solar system on 2026-10-14: Sotomejias is 2.92 au from the Sun and 3.89 au from Earth. Computed from JPL's orbital elements.
Facts
| Number | 121756 |
| Provisional designation | 1999 XA257 |
| Orbit class | Main-belt Asteroid |
| Diameter | 3.07 km (#15,053 largest of 17,440 named asteroids with a measured size) |
| Albedo | 0.226 |
| Absolute magnitude (H) | 15.25 |
| Orbital period | 5.10 years |
| Semi-major axis | 2.96 au |
| Perihelion – aphelion | 2.47 – 3.45 au |
| Eccentricity | 0.165 |
| Inclination | 8.31° |
| Closest distance between its orbit and Earth's (MOID) | 1.51 au |
Data: NASA/JPL Small-Body Database and the IAU Minor Planet Center.
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