(8243) Devonburr Main-belt Asteroid
Discovered on 30 September 1975 by S. J. Bus at Palomar.
Devon M. Burr (b. 1966) is a geomorphologist in the Department of Earth and Planetary Sciences of the University of Tennessee. She specializes in interpreting fluvial features on Mars and Titan.Naming citation (20120506/MPCPages.arc), IAU / Minor Planet Center, via NASA/JPL
Where Devonburr is today
Seen from above the solar system on 2026-10-14: Devonburr is 2.94 au from the Sun and 2.76 au from Earth. Computed from JPL's orbital elements.
Facts
| Number | 8243 |
| Provisional designation | 1975 SF1 |
| Orbit class | Main-belt Asteroid |
| Diameter | 5.66 km (#9,480 largest of 17,440 named asteroids with a measured size) |
| Albedo | 0.290 |
| Absolute magnitude (H) | 13.51 |
| Orbital period | 4.17 years |
| Semi-major axis | 2.59 au |
| Perihelion – aphelion | 2.24 – 2.94 au |
| Eccentricity | 0.135 |
| Inclination | 8.48° |
| Closest distance between its orbit and Earth's (MOID) | 1.24 au |
Data: NASA/JPL Small-Body Database and the IAU Minor Planet Center.
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