(117386) Thomasschlapkohl Main-belt Asteroid
Discovered on 18 December 2004 by Mt. Lemmon Survey at Mount Lemmon.
Thomas Schlapkohl (b. 1987) is a guidance, navigation and control engineer at Lockheed Martin for the OSIRIS-REx Asteroid Sample Return Mission.Naming citation (MPC batch dated 2017-11-04), IAU / Minor Planet Center, via NASA/JPL
Where Thomasschlapkohl is today
Seen from above the solar system on 2026-10-14: Thomasschlapkohl is 3.13 au from the Sun and 4.12 au from Earth. Computed from JPL's orbital elements.
Facts
| Number | 117386 |
| Provisional designation | 2004 YV20 |
| Orbit class | Main-belt Asteroid |
| Diameter | 3.44 km (#14,130 largest of 17,440 named asteroids with a measured size) |
| Albedo | 0.124 |
| Absolute magnitude (H) | 15.4 |
| Orbital period | 5.13 years |
| Semi-major axis | 2.97 au |
| Perihelion – aphelion | 2.81 – 3.14 au |
| Eccentricity | 0.0545 |
| Inclination | 10.4° |
| Closest distance between its orbit and Earth's (MOID) | 1.83 au |
Data: NASA/JPL Small-Body Database and the IAU Minor Planet Center.
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