(28653) Charliebrucker Main-belt Asteroid
Discovered on 5 April 2000 by LINEAR at Socorro.
Charles F. Brucker mentored a finalist in the 2013 Intel Science Talent Search, a science competition for high-school seniors. He teaches at the Mission San Jose High School, Fremont, California.Naming citation (20130225/MPCPages.arc), IAU / Minor Planet Center, via NASA/JPL
Where Charliebrucker is today
Seen from above the solar system on 2026-10-14: Charliebrucker is 2.57 au from the Sun and 3.33 au from Earth. Computed from JPL's orbital elements.
Facts
| Number | 28653 |
| Provisional designation | 2000 GC16 |
| Orbit class | Main-belt Asteroid |
| Diameter | 2.65 km (#15,967 largest of 17,440 named asteroids with a measured size) |
| Albedo | 0.159 |
| Absolute magnitude (H) | 15.84 |
| Orbital period | 4.31 years |
| Semi-major axis | 2.65 au |
| Perihelion – aphelion | 2.56 – 2.74 au |
| Eccentricity | 0.0337 |
| Inclination | 3.09° |
| Closest distance between its orbit and Earth's (MOID) | 1.54 au |
Data: NASA/JPL Small-Body Database and the IAU Minor Planet Center.
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