(37859) Bobkoff Main-belt Asteroid
Discovered on 23 March 1998 by P. Pravec at Ondrejov.
Despite shooting through the urban skies of Denver, CO, and around trees and houses from his apartment balcony, Robert Koff (b. 1943) has produced numerous high-quality lightcurves for minor planets and eclipsing binary stars. His work is a testament to perseverance, dedication and the power of CCD imaging.Naming citation (20020724/MPCPages.arc), IAU / Minor Planet Center, via NASA/JPL
Where Bobkoff is today
Seen from above the solar system on 2026-10-14: Bobkoff is 2.39 au from the Sun and 1.70 au from Earth. Computed from JPL's orbital elements.
Facts
| Number | 37859 |
| Provisional designation | 1998 FE3 |
| Orbit class | Main-belt Asteroid |
| Diameter | 6.33 km (#8,470 largest of 17,440 named asteroids with a measured size) |
| Albedo | 0.0640 |
| Absolute magnitude (H) | 14.87 |
| Orbital period | 4.30 years |
| Semi-major axis | 2.65 au |
| Perihelion – aphelion | 2.37 – 2.93 au |
| Eccentricity | 0.106 |
| Inclination | 4.74° |
| Closest distance between its orbit and Earth's (MOID) | 1.38 au |
Data: NASA/JPL Small-Body Database and the IAU Minor Planet Center.
Also discovered on 23 March 1998
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