(28482) Bauerle Main-belt Asteroid
Discovered on 2 February 2000 by LINEAR at Socorro.
Matthew Russel Bauerle (b. 1994) was awarded best of category and first place in the 2011 Intel International Science and Engineering Fair for his mathematical sciences project. He is home-schooled in Fenton, Michigan, U.S.A.Naming citation (20121029/MPCPages.arc), IAU / Minor Planet Center, via NASA/JPL
Where Bauerle is today
Seen from above the solar system on 2026-10-14: Bauerle is 3.20 au from the Sun and 2.74 au from Earth. Computed from JPL's orbital elements.
Facts
| Number | 28482 |
| Provisional designation | 2000 CK29 |
| Orbit class | Main-belt Asteroid |
| Diameter | 5.47 km (#9,754 largest of 17,440 named asteroids with a measured size) |
| Albedo | 0.0710 |
| Rotation period | 5.31 hours |
| Absolute magnitude (H) | 15.09 |
| Orbital period | 4.62 years |
| Semi-major axis | 2.77 au |
| Perihelion – aphelion | 2.29 – 3.26 au |
| Eccentricity | 0.174 |
| Inclination | 2.07° |
| Closest distance between its orbit and Earth's (MOID) | 1.28 au |
Data: NASA/JPL Small-Body Database and the IAU Minor Planet Center.
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