(63605) Budperry Inner Main-belt Asteroid
Discovered on 20 August 2001 by C. Wolfe at Terre Haute.
Bud Perry (b. 1936) is the president of the Oakley Foundation which provided major funding for the construction of the Oakley Observatory where this minor planet was discovered.Naming citation (WGSBN Bull. 3, #12, 14), IAU / Minor Planet Center, via NASA/JPL
Where Budperry is today
Seen from above the solar system on 2026-10-14: Budperry is 1.86 au from the Sun and 2.84 au from Earth. Computed from JPL's orbital elements.
Facts
| Number | 63605 |
| Provisional designation | 2001 QE68 |
| Orbit class | Inner Main-belt Asteroid |
| Absolute magnitude (H) | 16.22 |
| Orbital period | 2.63 years |
| Semi-major axis | 1.91 au |
| Perihelion – aphelion | 1.73 – 2.09 au |
| Eccentricity | 0.0945 |
| Inclination | 26.2° |
| Closest distance between its orbit and Earth's (MOID) | 0.827 au |
Data: NASA/JPL Small-Body Database and the IAU Minor Planet Center.
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