(133854) Wargetz Main-belt Asteroid

Discovered on 29 December 2003 by CSS at Catalina.

Annie Wargetz (b. 1979) worked on the OSIRIS-REx mission as social media lead and then as the technical documentation specialist for the SPOC. Annie also worked in the Orion spacecraft program as a communications and outreach intern prior to the EFT-1 mission.Naming citation (MPC batch dated 2016-08-18), IAU / Minor Planet Center, via NASA/JPL

Where Wargetz is today

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Seen from above the solar system on 2026-10-14: Wargetz is 2.08 au from the Sun and 1.74 au from Earth. Computed from JPL's orbital elements.

Facts

Number133854
Provisional designation2003 YO149
Orbit classMain-belt Asteroid
Diameter2.08 km (#16,950 largest of 17,440 named asteroids with a measured size)
Albedo0.282
Absolute magnitude (H)15.54
Orbital period4.02 years
Semi-major axis2.53 au
Perihelion – aphelion2.06 – 3.00 au
Eccentricity0.186
Inclination14.2°
Closest distance between its orbit and Earth's (MOID)1.08 au

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

Also named after someone called Annie

Also discovered on 29 December 2003

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