(8629) Chucklorre Main-belt Asteroid
Discovered on 2 March 1981 by S. J. Bus at Siding Spring.
Chuck Lorre (born Charles Michael Levine, 1952) is an American television writer, director, and producer. He is co-creator and executive producer of the situation comedy The Big Bang Theory.Naming citation (WGSBN Bull. 3, #12, 12), IAU / Minor Planet Center, via NASA/JPL
Where Chucklorre is today
Seen from above the solar system on 2026-10-14: Chucklorre is 3.65 au from the Sun and 4.63 au from Earth. Computed from JPL's orbital elements.
Facts
| Number | 8629 |
| Provisional designation | 1981 EU26 |
| Orbit class | Main-belt Asteroid |
| Diameter | 8.04 km (#6,534 largest of 17,440 named asteroids with a measured size) |
| Albedo | 0.0900 |
| Absolute magnitude (H) | 14.01 |
| Orbital period | 5.59 years |
| Semi-major axis | 3.15 au |
| Perihelion – aphelion | 2.59 – 3.70 au |
| Eccentricity | 0.176 |
| Inclination | 5.45° |
| Closest distance between its orbit and Earth's (MOID) | 1.59 au |
Data: NASA/JPL Small-Body Database and the IAU Minor Planet Center.
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