(47851) Budine Main-belt Asteroid
Discovered on 12 March 2000 by CSS at Catalina.
Phillip Budine (b. 1937) has been an avid lunar and planetary observer for decades. He has served in the Association of Lunar and Planetary Observers (ALPO), including being Recorder for the Jupiter Section. In 1992 he received the ALPO's Walter Haas Observer's Award for his years of excellent observational work.Naming citation (MPC batch dated 2019-12-12), IAU / Minor Planet Center, via NASA/JPL
Where Budine is today
Seen from above the solar system on 2026-10-14: Budine is 3.00 au from the Sun and 3.84 au from Earth. Computed from JPL's orbital elements.
Facts
| Number | 47851 |
| Provisional designation | 2000 EW139 |
| Orbit class | Main-belt Asteroid |
| Diameter | 4.25 km (#12,145 largest of 17,440 named asteroids with a measured size) |
| Albedo | 0.354 |
| Absolute magnitude (H) | 14.02 |
| Orbital period | 5.17 years |
| Semi-major axis | 2.99 au |
| Perihelion – aphelion | 2.90 – 3.08 au |
| Eccentricity | 0.0289 |
| Inclination | 9.72° |
| Closest distance between its orbit and Earth's (MOID) | 1.93 au |
Data: NASA/JPL Small-Body Database and the IAU Minor Planet Center.
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