(10082) Bronson Main-belt Asteroid
Discovered on 29 July 1990 by H. E. Holt at Palomar.
Ted Arthur Bronson (b. 1952) lived in Thunder Bay, Canada, and helped found the Royal Astronomical Society of Canada Thunder Bay Centre in 1988. He served on the club executive of Thunder Bay Centre in every post, including president, and won a RASC Service Award in 2006. He presented outreach programs and traveled to six total solar eclipses.Naming citation (WGSBN Bull. 1, #13, 7), IAU / Minor Planet Center, via NASA/JPL
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Where Bronson is today
Seen from above the solar system on 2026-10-14: Bronson is 1.87 au from the Sun and 1.88 au from Earth. Computed from JPL's orbital elements.
Facts
| Number | 10082 |
| Provisional designation | 1990 OF2 |
| Orbit class | Main-belt Asteroid |
| Diameter | 5.89 km (#9,091 largest of 17,440 named asteroids with a measured size) |
| Albedo | 0.0810 |
| Absolute magnitude (H) | 15.06 |
| Orbital period | 3.62 years |
| Semi-major axis | 2.36 au |
| Perihelion – aphelion | 1.79 – 2.93 au |
| Eccentricity | 0.243 |
| Inclination | 5.01° |
| Closest distance between its orbit and Earth's (MOID) | 0.778 au |
Data: NASA/JPL Small-Body Database and the IAU Minor Planet Center.
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