(38642) Breukers Main-belt Asteroid
Discovered on 5 July 2000 by LONEOS at Anderson Mesa.
Martin Breukers (b. 1961) is a Dutch amateur astronomer and meteor observer who has coordinated and analyzed results from the CAMS BeNeLux low-light video camera network for many years.Naming citation (WGSBN Bull. 3, #14, 8), IAU / Minor Planet Center, via NASA/JPL
Where Breukers is today
Seen from above the solar system on 2026-10-14: Breukers is 2.51 au from the Sun and 3.05 au from Earth. Computed from JPL's orbital elements.
Facts
| Number | 38642 |
| Provisional designation | 2000 NY17 |
| Orbit class | Main-belt Asteroid |
| Diameter | 2.15 km (#16,853 largest of 17,440 named asteroids with a measured size) |
| Albedo | 0.291 |
| Absolute magnitude (H) | 15.43 |
| Orbital period | 4.14 years |
| Semi-major axis | 2.58 au |
| Perihelion – aphelion | 1.93 – 3.22 au |
| Eccentricity | 0.250 |
| Inclination | 6.03° |
| Closest distance between its orbit and Earth's (MOID) | 0.941 au |
Data: NASA/JPL Small-Body Database and the IAU Minor Planet Center.
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