(737028) Steinbring Outer Main-belt Asteroid
Discovered on 16 March 2004 by D. D. Balam at Maunakea.
Eric Steinbring (b. 1971) is a Canadian astronomer and Senior Research Officer at the Herzberg Astronomy and Astrophysics Institute of the National Research Council of Canada. He leads the Canadian Gemini Office and specializes in methods of high-spatial-resolution photometry and spectroscopy.Naming citation (WGSBN Bull. 5, #4, 37), IAU / Minor Planet Center, via NASA/JPL
Where Steinbring is today
Seen from above the solar system on 2026-10-14: Steinbring is 3.23 au from the Sun and 2.62 au from Earth. Computed from JPL's orbital elements.
Facts
| Number | 737028 |
| Provisional designation | 2016 AR29 |
| Orbit class | Outer Main-belt Asteroid |
| Absolute magnitude (H) | 15.74 |
| Orbital period | 6.41 years |
| Semi-major axis | 3.45 au |
| Perihelion – aphelion | 3.17 – 3.73 au |
| Eccentricity | 0.0811 |
| Inclination | 8.06° |
| Closest distance between its orbit and Earth's (MOID) | 2.18 au |
Data: NASA/JPL Small-Body Database and the IAU Minor Planet Center.
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