(11229) Brookebowers Main-belt Asteroid
Discovered on 10 May 1999 by LINEAR at Socorro.
Brooke Nacole Bowers (b. 1986) is a finalist in the 2002 Intel International Science and Engineering Fair for her zoology project. She attends the Tuscarawas Valley High School, Dover, Ohio, U.S.A.Naming citation (20020724/MPCPages.arc), IAU / Minor Planet Center, via NASA/JPL
Where Brookebowers is today
Seen from above the solar system on 2026-10-14: Brookebowers is 2.00 au from the Sun and 2.01 au from Earth. Computed from JPL's orbital elements.
Facts
| Number | 11229 |
| Provisional designation | 1999 JX52 |
| Orbit class | Main-belt Asteroid |
| Diameter | 3.51 km (#13,941 largest of 17,440 named asteroids with a measured size) |
| Albedo | 0.274 |
| Absolute magnitude (H) | 14.51 |
| Orbital period | 3.35 years |
| Semi-major axis | 2.24 au |
| Perihelion – aphelion | 1.90 – 2.58 au |
| Eccentricity | 0.153 |
| Inclination | 3.63° |
| Closest distance between its orbit and Earth's (MOID) | 0.895 au |
Data: NASA/JPL Small-Body Database and the IAU Minor Planet Center.
Also named after someone called Brooke
All asteroids named after someone called Brooke
Also discovered on 10 May 1999
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- (11225) Borden
- (11227) Ksenborisova
- (11228) Botnick
- (11230) Deschaffer
- (11231) Schiavo
- (11413) Catanach
- (11414) Allanchu
- (12117) Meagmessina
- (16048) Eddiedai
- (16049) D'Amore
- (16051) Bernero