(23232) Buschur Main-belt Asteroid
Discovered on 21 November 2000 by LINEAR at Socorro.
Kristina Lynn Buschur (b. 1989) was awarded second place in the 2007 Intel International Science and Engineering Fair for her microbiology project. She attends the Carroll High School, Dayton, Ohio, U.S.A.Naming citation (20070828/MPCPages.arc), IAU / Minor Planet Center, via NASA/JPL
Where Buschur is today
Seen from above the solar system on 2026-10-14: Buschur is 2.00 au from the Sun and 1.49 au from Earth. Computed from JPL's orbital elements.
Facts
| Number | 23232 |
| Provisional designation | 2000 WU59 |
| Orbit class | Main-belt Asteroid |
| Diameter | 9.13 km (#5,664 largest of 17,440 named asteroids with a measured size) |
| Albedo | 0.0540 |
| Absolute magnitude (H) | 14.32 |
| Orbital period | 3.84 years |
| Semi-major axis | 2.45 au |
| Perihelion – aphelion | 1.99 – 2.91 au |
| Eccentricity | 0.187 |
| Inclination | 3.66° |
| Closest distance between its orbit and Earth's (MOID) | 0.979 au |
Data: NASA/JPL Small-Body Database and the IAU Minor Planet Center.
Also named after someone called Kristina
All asteroids named after someone called Kristina
Also discovered on 21 November 2000
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