(333157) Buck Main-belt Asteroid
Discovered on 10 September 2007 by Mt. Lemmon Survey at Mount Lemmon.
Beth Buck (b. 1967) is an American spacecraft program manager. She was the Program Manager for the Lockheed Martin Deep Space Exploration Mission Operations that includes OSIRIS-REx, MAVEN, InSight, Juno, Mars Reconnaissance Orbiter, Mars Odyssey and Hubble, and previously the Spitzer telescope.Naming citation (WGSBN Bull. 5, #11, 14), IAU / Minor Planet Center, via NASA/JPL
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Where Buck is today
Seen from above the solar system on 2026-10-14: Buck is 2.64 au from the Sun and 3.48 au from Earth. Computed from JPL's orbital elements.
Facts
| Number | 333157 |
| Provisional designation | 2012 BO78 |
| Orbit class | Main-belt Asteroid |
| Absolute magnitude (H) | 17.76 |
| Orbital period | 3.41 years |
| Semi-major axis | 2.27 au |
| Perihelion – aphelion | 1.87 – 2.66 au |
| Eccentricity | 0.175 |
| Inclination | 0.814° |
| Closest distance between its orbit and Earth's (MOID) | 0.884 au |
Data: NASA/JPL Small-Body Database and the IAU Minor Planet Center.
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