(129321) Tannercampbell Main-belt Asteroid

Discovered on 1 October 2005 by Mt. Lemmon Survey at Mount Lemmon.

Tanner S. Campbell (b. 1991) worked on the OSIRIS-REx Asteroid Sample Return Mission as a Stereophotoclinometry Scientist and Programmer, working to test and develop the mission-critical digital terrain mapping software.Naming citation (MPC batch dated 2016-11-14), IAU / Minor Planet Center, via NASA/JPL

Where Tannercampbell is today

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Seen from above the solar system on 2026-10-14: Tannercampbell is 2.37 au from the Sun and 2.44 au from Earth. Computed from JPL's orbital elements.

Facts

Number129321
Provisional designation2005 TS24
Orbit classMain-belt Asteroid
Absolute magnitude (H)17.2
Orbital period3.37 years
Semi-major axis2.25 au
Perihelion – aphelion1.94 – 2.55 au
Eccentricity0.137
Inclination3.76°
Closest distance between its orbit and Earth's (MOID)0.931 au

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

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