(284919) Kacar Main-belt Asteroid
Discovered on 25 January 2010 by WISE at WISE.
Betül Kaçar (b. 1983) is a Turkish-American astrobiologist who studies ancient biosignatures and their implications for habitability. She is an expert in the means by which abiotic material gave rise to the first biological organisms on Earth. She works with the United Nations to improve the status of women and girls worldwide.Naming citation (WGSBN Bull. 1, #11, 8), IAU / Minor Planet Center, via NASA/JPL
Where Kacar is today
Seen from above the solar system on 2026-10-14: Kacar is 3.28 au from the Sun and 4.25 au from Earth. Computed from JPL's orbital elements.
Facts
| Number | 284919 |
| Provisional designation | 2010 BK82 |
| Orbit class | Main-belt Asteroid |
| Diameter | 5.47 km (#9,750 largest of 17,440 named asteroids with a measured size) |
| Albedo | 0.0490 |
| Absolute magnitude (H) | 15.55 |
| Orbital period | 5.61 years |
| Semi-major axis | 3.16 au |
| Perihelion – aphelion | 2.99 – 3.32 au |
| Eccentricity | 0.0512 |
| Inclination | 12.9° |
| Closest distance between its orbit and Earth's (MOID) | 1.99 au |
Data: NASA/JPL Small-Body Database and the IAU Minor Planet Center.