(95793) Brock Main-belt Asteroid
Discovered on 23 March 2003 by CSS at Catalina.
Brad Brock (b. 1955) is a manager with IBM Information Technology and Services. He has also been very active in local Boy Scouts of America activities in the Tucson, Arizona, area.Naming citation (20090209/MPCPages.arc), IAU / Minor Planet Center, via NASA/JPL
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Where Brock is today
Seen from above the solar system on 2026-10-14: Brock is 2.23 au from the Sun and 2.16 au from Earth. Computed from JPL's orbital elements.
Facts
| Number | 95793 |
| Provisional designation | 2003 FR20 |
| Orbit class | Main-belt Asteroid |
| Diameter | 2.60 km (#16,071 largest of 17,440 named asteroids with a measured size) |
| Albedo | 0.114 |
| Absolute magnitude (H) | 16.03 |
| Orbital period | 3.73 years |
| Semi-major axis | 2.41 au |
| Perihelion – aphelion | 2.22 – 2.59 au |
| Eccentricity | 0.0765 |
| Inclination | 8.83° |
| Closest distance between its orbit and Earth's (MOID) | 1.23 au |
Data: NASA/JPL Small-Body Database and the IAU Minor Planet Center.
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