(86279) Brucegary Inner Main-belt Asteroid
Discovered on 17 October 1999 by J. Medkeff at Junk Bond.
Bruce Gary, a member of the Huachuca Astronomy Club, has retired from the Jet Propulsion Laboratory, where he specialized in lunar radio astronomy. He is currently noted for his contributions to amateur-professional collaboration in photometry of variable stars, comets and minor planets.Naming citation (20050125/MPCPages.arc), IAU / Minor Planet Center, via NASA/JPL
Where Brucegary is today
Seen from above the solar system on 2026-10-14: Brucegary is 2.00 au from the Sun and 1.20 au from Earth. Computed from JPL's orbital elements.
Facts
| Number | 86279 |
| Provisional designation | 1999 UJ1 |
| Orbit class | Inner Main-belt Asteroid |
| Absolute magnitude (H) | 15.73 |
| Orbital period | 2.69 years |
| Semi-major axis | 1.93 au |
| Perihelion – aphelion | 1.80 – 2.06 au |
| Eccentricity | 0.0681 |
| Inclination | 21.8° |
| Closest distance between its orbit and Earth's (MOID) | 0.876 au |
Data: NASA/JPL Small-Body Database and the IAU Minor Planet Center.
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