(29133) Vargas Main-belt Asteroid
Discovered on 29 May 1987 by Shoemaker, C. S., Shoemaker, E. M. at Palomar.
Norman L. Vargas (b. 1972) assisted in organizing the Palomar Observatory's 1.2-m Schmidt Oschin Telescope plate archive. He is active in astronomy outreach through the Los Angeles Astronomical Society and is a volunteer telescope operator at the Mt. Wilson Observatory.Naming citation (20030318/MPCPages.arc), IAU / Minor Planet Center, via NASA/JPL
Where Vargas is today
Seen from above the solar system on 2026-10-14: Vargas is 2.38 au from the Sun and 1.95 au from Earth. Computed from JPL's orbital elements.
Facts
| Number | 29133 |
| Provisional designation | 1987 KH5 |
| Orbit class | Main-belt Asteroid |
| Rotation period | 1.95 hours |
| Absolute magnitude (H) | 14.07 |
| Orbital period | 4.28 years |
| Semi-major axis | 2.64 au |
| Perihelion – aphelion | 2.18 – 3.09 au |
| Eccentricity | 0.173 |
| Inclination | 14.0° |
| Closest distance between its orbit and Earth's (MOID) | 1.20 au |
Data: NASA/JPL Small-Body Database and the IAU Minor Planet Center.
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