(28245) Cruise Main-belt Asteroid
Discovered on 14 January 1999 by LONEOS at Anderson Mesa.
Sallie Cruise (b. 1958) is a singer, musician and philanthropist from Hobart, Australia. Her stalwart support of the arts and literature have improved the communities around her.Naming citation (WGSBN Bull. 1, #1, 15), IAU / Minor Planet Center, via NASA/JPL
Where Cruise is today
Seen from above the solar system on 2026-10-14: Cruise is 2.71 au from the Sun and 3.69 au from Earth. Computed from JPL's orbital elements.
Facts
| Number | 28245 |
| Provisional designation | 1999 AV37 |
| Orbit class | Main-belt Asteroid |
| Diameter | 3.86 km (#13,082 largest of 17,440 named asteroids with a measured size) |
| Albedo | 0.171 |
| Absolute magnitude (H) | 14.71 |
| Orbital period | 4.49 years |
| Semi-major axis | 2.72 au |
| Perihelion – aphelion | 2.36 – 3.09 au |
| Eccentricity | 0.133 |
| Inclination | 11.3° |
| Closest distance between its orbit and Earth's (MOID) | 1.38 au |
Data: NASA/JPL Small-Body Database and the IAU Minor Planet Center.
Also discovered on 14 January 1999
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- (15468) Mondriaan
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- (29722) Chrisgraham
- (29728) Averbeck
- (31414) Rotarysusa
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- (56088) Wuheng
- (121008) Michellecrigger