(8129) Michaelbusch Main-belt Asteroid
Discovered on 30 September 1975 by S. J. Bus at Palomar.
Named in honor of Michael W. Busch (b. 1987), a Jansky Fellow at the Department of Earth and Space Sciences of the University of California, Los Angeles. Busch is a radar astronomer who studies NEAs, with a particular interest in contact binary asteroids.Naming citation (20120506/MPCPages.arc), IAU / Minor Planet Center, via NASA/JPL
Where Michaelbusch is today
Seen from above the solar system on 2026-10-14: Michaelbusch is 2.45 au from the Sun and 1.47 au from Earth. Computed from JPL's orbital elements.
Facts
| Number | 8129 |
| Provisional designation | 1975 SK1 |
| Orbit class | Main-belt Asteroid |
| Diameter | 4.11 km (#12,477 largest of 17,440 named asteroids with a measured size) |
| Albedo | 0.263 |
| Absolute magnitude (H) | 14.36 |
| Orbital period | 3.63 years |
| Semi-major axis | 2.36 au |
| Perihelion – aphelion | 2.24 – 2.49 au |
| Eccentricity | 0.0536 |
| Inclination | 2.49° |
| 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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