(29750) Chleborad Main-belt Asteroid

Discovered on 8 February 1999 by C. W. Juels at Fountain Hills.

Cary W. Chleborad (b. 1970) is an amateur astronomer who has been a developer of commercial precision telescopes and observatory control software since 1998. He was president of the Sacramento Valley Astronomical Society from 1999 to 2000.Naming citation (20040306/MPCPages.arc), IAU / Minor Planet Center, via NASA/JPL

Where Chleborad is today

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Seen from above the solar system on 2026-10-14: Chleborad is 2.61 au from the Sun and 3.26 au from Earth. Computed from JPL's orbital elements.

Facts

Number29750
Provisional designation1999 CA3
Orbit classMain-belt Asteroid
Diameter5.71 km (#9,369 largest of 17,440 named asteroids with a measured size)
Albedo0.155
Rotation period41.8 hours
Absolute magnitude (H)13.98
Orbital period3.78 years
Semi-major axis2.43 au
Perihelion – aphelion2.25 – 2.61 au
Eccentricity0.0735
Inclination7.17°
Closest distance between its orbit and Earth's (MOID)1.27 au

Data: NASA/JPL Small-Body Database and the IAU Minor Planet Center.

Also named after someone called Cary

Also discovered on 8 February 1999

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