(78453) Bullock Outer Main-belt Asteroid

Discovered on 3 September 2002 by F. Bernardi at Campo Imperatore.

Sandra Annette Bullock (b. 1964) is an American actress and producer. She starred in many well-known movies such as Speed, While You Were Sleeping and Crash, and most recently The Heat and Gravity. She has received many awards, including a Golden Globe Award for Best Actress.Naming citation (WGSBN Bull. 3, #12, 11), IAU / Minor Planet Center, via NASA/JPL

Where Bullock is today

Seen from above the solar system on 2026-10-14: Bullock is 3.36 au from the Sun and 2.77 au from Earth. Computed from JPL's orbital elements.

Facts

Number	78453
Provisional designation	2002 RD26
Orbit class	Outer Main-belt Asteroid
Diameter	6.09 km (#8,786 largest of 17,440 named asteroids with a measured size)
Albedo	0.0830
Absolute magnitude (H)	14.66
Orbital period	5.75 years
Semi-major axis	3.21 au
Perihelion – aphelion	2.78 – 3.64 au
Eccentricity	0.133
Inclination	5.96°
Closest distance between its orbit and Earth's (MOID)	1.77 au

Data: NASA/JPL Small-Body Database and the IAU Minor Planet Center.

Also named after someone called Sandra

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Also discovered on 3 September 2002

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