(8829) Buczkowski Outer Main-belt Asteroid
Discovered on 14 September 1988 by S. J. Bus at Cerro Tololo.
Debra L. Buczkowski (b. 1969) is a staff member at the Johns Hopkins University Applied Physics Laboratory. As an expert in the topographic analysis of impact structures, she has proposed formation scenarios for the Saturnalia and Divalia fossae features on Vesta.Naming citation (MPC batch dated 2014-07-12), IAU / Minor Planet Center, via NASA/JPL
Where Buczkowski is today
Seen from above the solar system on 2026-10-14: Buczkowski is 2.94 au from the Sun and 3.93 au from Earth. Computed from JPL's orbital elements.
Facts
| Number | 8829 |
| Provisional designation | 1988 RV10 |
| Orbit class | Outer Main-belt Asteroid |
| Diameter | 14.3 km (#3,307 largest of 17,440 named asteroids with a measured size) |
| Albedo | 0.0780 |
| Rotation period | 13.1 hours |
| Absolute magnitude (H) | 12.88 |
| Orbital period | 5.78 years |
| Semi-major axis | 3.22 au |
| Perihelion – aphelion | 2.92 – 3.52 au |
| Eccentricity | 0.0939 |
| Inclination | 2.88° |
| Closest distance between its orbit and Earth's (MOID) | 1.92 au |
Data: NASA/JPL Small-Body Database and the IAU Minor Planet Center.
Also named after someone called Debra
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