(11292) Bunjisuzuki Main-belt Asteroid
Discovered on 8 September 1991 by Spacewatch at Kitt Peak.
Bunji Suzuki (b. 1955) is a high-school teacher and an amateur astrophysicist specializing in comets. He researches them with spectroscopic and two-dimensional polarization-imaging instruments. He is also a leader in astronomy education and popularization in Japan.Naming citation (20021120/MPCPages.arc), IAU / Minor Planet Center, via NASA/JPL
Where Bunjisuzuki is today
Seen from above the solar system on 2026-10-14: Bunjisuzuki is 2.84 au from the Sun and 3.34 au from Earth. Computed from JPL's orbital elements.
Facts
| Number | 11292 |
| Provisional designation | 1991 RC28 |
| Orbit class | Main-belt Asteroid |
| Diameter | 6.80 km (#7,880 largest of 17,440 named asteroids with a measured size) |
| Albedo | 0.200 |
| Absolute magnitude (H) | 13.52 |
| Orbital period | 5.18 years |
| Semi-major axis | 2.99 au |
| Perihelion – aphelion | 2.75 – 3.23 au |
| Eccentricity | 0.0799 |
| Inclination | 12.8° |
| Closest distance between its orbit and Earth's (MOID) | 1.78 au |
Data: NASA/JPL Small-Body Database and the IAU Minor Planet Center.