(121594) Zubritsky Outer Main-belt Asteroid
Discovered on 9 November 1999 by CSS at Catalina.
Elizabeth Zubritsky (b. 1967) supports the OSIRIS-REx Asteroid Sample Return Mission at NASA's Goddard Space Flight Center by writing news releases and assisting with media relations. She serves the planetary science community by promoting fundamental research and missions like OSIRIS-REx, MAVEN and LRO.Naming citation (MPC batch dated 2016-11-14), IAU / Minor Planet Center, via NASA/JPL
Where Zubritsky is today
Seen from above the solar system on 2026-10-14: Zubritsky is 3.63 au from the Sun and 3.65 au from Earth. Computed from JPL's orbital elements.
Facts
| Number | 121594 |
| Provisional designation | 1999 VD115 |
| Orbit class | Outer Main-belt Asteroid |
| Diameter | 6.52 km (#8,221 largest of 17,440 named asteroids with a measured size) |
| Albedo | 0.0950 |
| Absolute magnitude (H) | 14.4 |
| Orbital period | 5.73 years |
| Semi-major axis | 3.20 au |
| Perihelion – aphelion | 2.73 – 3.68 au |
| Eccentricity | 0.148 |
| Inclination | 19.8° |
| Closest distance between its orbit and Earth's (MOID) | 1.84 au |
Data: NASA/JPL Small-Body Database and the IAU Minor Planet Center.
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