(121352) Taylorhale Main-belt Asteroid
Discovered on 1 October 1999 by CSS at Catalina.
Taylor Hale (b. 1965) is an instrument systems engineer for the OSIRIS-REx Asteroid Sample Return Mission. Prior to OSIRIS-REx, he was the lead engineer on the Landsat-8 Thermal Infrared Sensor instrument developed at Goddard.Naming citation (MPC batch dated 2016-11-14), IAU / Minor Planet Center, via NASA/JPL
Where Taylorhale is today
Seen from above the solar system on 2026-10-14: Taylorhale is 2.94 au from the Sun and 2.67 au from Earth. Computed from JPL's orbital elements.
Facts
| Number | 121352 |
| Provisional designation | 1999 TG38 |
| Orbit class | Main-belt Asteroid |
| Absolute magnitude (H) | 15.91 |
| Orbital period | 4.63 years |
| Semi-major axis | 2.78 au |
| Perihelion – aphelion | 2.59 – 2.96 au |
| Eccentricity | 0.0666 |
| Inclination | 3.30° |
| Closest distance between its orbit and Earth's (MOID) | 1.61 au |
Data: NASA/JPL Small-Body Database and the IAU Minor Planet Center.
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