(16062) Buncher Main-belt Asteroid
Discovered on 14 July 1999 by LINEAR at Socorro.
David Buncher mentored a finalist in the 2003 Intel Science Talent Search, a science competition for high school seniors. He teaches at the Dr. Michael M. Krop High School, Miami, Florida.Naming citation (20030216/MPCPages.arc), IAU / Minor Planet Center, via NASA/JPL
Where Buncher is today
Seen from above the solar system on 2026-10-14: Buncher is 2.20 au from the Sun and 3.09 au from Earth. Computed from JPL's orbital elements.
Facts
| Number | 16062 |
| Provisional designation | 1999 NR36 |
| Orbit class | Main-belt Asteroid |
| Diameter | 7.44 km (#7,161 largest of 17,440 named asteroids with a measured size) |
| Albedo | 0.0630 |
| Rotation period | 8.12 hours |
| Absolute magnitude (H) | 14.64 |
| Orbital period | 3.48 years |
| Semi-major axis | 2.30 au |
| Perihelion – aphelion | 2.17 – 2.43 au |
| Eccentricity | 0.0571 |
| Inclination | 9.54° |
| Closest distance between its orbit and Earth's (MOID) | 1.15 au |
Data: NASA/JPL Small-Body Database and the IAU Minor Planet Center.
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