(162395) Michaelbird Main-belt Asteroid
Discovered on 5 February 2000 by M. W. Buie at Kitt Peak.
Michael K. Bird (b. 1944) is a German planetary scientist from the University of Bonn in Germany, who served as a Science Team Collaborator for radio science for the NASA New Horizons Mission to Pluto and the Kuiper Belt. He was a co-lead on the radiometric thermal measurements of Pluto and Arrokoth.Naming citation (WGSBN Bull. 4, #4, 7), IAU / Minor Planet Center, via NASA/JPL
Where Michaelbird is today
Seen from above the solar system on 2026-10-14: Michaelbird is 2.54 au from the Sun and 1.55 au from Earth. Computed from JPL's orbital elements.
Facts
| Number | 162395 |
| Provisional designation | 2000 CY108 |
| Orbit class | Main-belt Asteroid |
| Absolute magnitude (H) | 16.12 |
| Orbital period | 4.66 years |
| Semi-major axis | 2.79 au |
| Perihelion – aphelion | 2.54 – 3.04 au |
| Eccentricity | 0.0901 |
| Inclination | 1.14° |
| Closest distance between its orbit and Earth's (MOID) | 1.54 au |
Data: NASA/JPL Small-Body Database and the IAU Minor Planet Center.
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