(38454) Boroson Main-belt Asteroid
Discovered on 2 October 1999 by C. W. Juels at Fountain Hills.
Todd A. Boroson (b. 1954) studies the spectra of Active Galactic Nuclei. He is the deputy director of the National Optical Astronomy Observatory in Tucson, Arizona, and also leads the NOAO Data Products and the Telescope System Instrumentation programs.Naming citation (20050919/MPCPages.arc), IAU / Minor Planet Center, via NASA/JPL
Where Boroson is today
Seen from above the solar system on 2026-10-14: Boroson is 2.99 au from the Sun and 3.66 au from Earth. Computed from JPL's orbital elements.
Facts
| Number | 38454 |
| Provisional designation | 1999 TB2 |
| Orbit class | Main-belt Asteroid |
| Rotation period | 139 hours |
| Absolute magnitude (H) | 13.42 |
| Orbital period | 4.27 years |
| Semi-major axis | 2.63 au |
| Perihelion – aphelion | 2.12 – 3.14 au |
| Eccentricity | 0.195 |
| Inclination | 13.8° |
| Closest distance between its orbit and Earth's (MOID) | 1.17 au |
Data: NASA/JPL Small-Body Database and the IAU Minor Planet Center.
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