(92894) Bluford Main-belt Asteroid
Discovered on 28 August 2000 by M. W. Buie at Cerro Tololo.
Guion Steward Bluford Jr. (b. 1942) was the first African American astronaut in space. He was a part of four missions between 1983 and 1992, which included deploying satellites, testing robotic arms, and conducting research. Bluford logged a total of 688 hours in space.Naming citation (MPC batch dated 2021-01-27), IAU / Minor Planet Center, via NASA/JPL
Where Bluford is today
Seen from above the solar system on 2026-10-14: Bluford is 2.10 au from the Sun and 1.28 au from Earth. Computed from JPL's orbital elements.
Facts
| Number | 92894 |
| Provisional designation | 2000 QA248 |
| Orbit class | Main-belt Asteroid |
| Diameter | 2.98 km (#15,262 largest of 17,440 named asteroids with a measured size) |
| Albedo | 0.0600 |
| Absolute magnitude (H) | 16.69 |
| Orbital period | 3.62 years |
| Semi-major axis | 2.36 au |
| Perihelion – aphelion | 1.93 – 2.78 au |
| Eccentricity | 0.180 |
| Inclination | 4.79° |
| Closest distance between its orbit and Earth's (MOID) | 0.954 au |
Data: NASA/JPL Small-Body Database and the IAU Minor Planet Center.
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