(12414) Bure Main-belt Asteroid
Discovered on 26 September 1995 by at Zelenchukskaya Stn 41032 Kryachko, T. V..
Pavel Bure (b. 1971) is an outstanding Russian sportsman, a world hockey champion and star of the National Hockey League. He is called the “Russian rocket”. The name also honors all the Bure dynasty known in Russia.Naming citation (20000726/MPCPages.arc), IAU / Minor Planet Center, via NASA/JPL
Where Bure is today
Seen from above the solar system on 2026-10-14: Bure is 2.67 au from the Sun and 2.73 au from Earth. Computed from JPL's orbital elements.
Facts
| Number | 12414 |
| Provisional designation | 1995 SR29 |
| Orbit class | Main-belt Asteroid |
| Diameter | 3.13 km (#14,867 largest of 17,440 named asteroids with a measured size) |
| Albedo | 0.285 |
| Absolute magnitude (H) | 14.86 |
| Orbital period | 3.77 years |
| Semi-major axis | 2.42 au |
| Perihelion – aphelion | 1.94 – 2.91 au |
| Eccentricity | 0.199 |
| Inclination | 2.26° |
| Closest distance between its orbit and Earth's (MOID) | 0.933 au |
Data: NASA/JPL Small-Body Database and the IAU Minor Planet Center.
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