(336203) Sandrobuss Main-belt Asteroid

Discovered on 22 September 2008 by M. Ory at Vicques.

Sandro Buss (b. 1970) is a physicist from Geneva. During the 2016-2017 school year he trained as a teacher in Bienne to work at high school level. In the course of his training, he met the discoverer at the Lycée cantonal in Porrentruy (Jura).Naming citation (MPC batch dated 2017-10-05), IAU / Minor Planet Center, via NASA/JPL

Where Sandrobuss is today

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Seen from above the solar system on 2026-10-14: Sandrobuss is 2.70 au from the Sun and 2.59 au from Earth. Computed from JPL's orbital elements.

Facts

Number336203
Provisional designation2008 SE11
Orbit classMain-belt Asteroid
Absolute magnitude (H)17.15
Orbital period4.32 years
Semi-major axis2.65 au
Perihelion – aphelion2.08 – 3.22 au
Eccentricity0.216
Inclination3.27°
Closest distance between its orbit and Earth's (MOID)1.07 au

Data: NASA/JPL Small-Body Database and the IAU Minor Planet Center.

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