(7326) Tedbunch Main-belt Asteroid
Discovered on 24 October 1981 by S. J. Bus at Palomar.
Theodore E. Bunch (b. 1936) is a meteoriticist at Northern Arizona University. He has used petrologic studies of a broad array of meteorites to understand the metamorphism and differentiation of minor planets and the moon.Naming citation (20060809/MPCPages.arc), IAU / Minor Planet Center, via NASA/JPL
Where Tedbunch is today
Seen from above the solar system on 2026-10-14: Tedbunch is 2.21 au from the Sun and 1.71 au from Earth. Computed from JPL's orbital elements.
Facts
| Number | 7326 |
| Provisional designation | 1981 UK22 |
| Orbit class | Main-belt Asteroid |
| Diameter | 4.52 km (#11,576 largest of 17,440 named asteroids with a measured size) |
| Albedo | 0.217 |
| Rotation period | 76.4 hours |
| Absolute magnitude (H) | 14.19 |
| Orbital period | 3.73 years |
| Semi-major axis | 2.40 au |
| Perihelion – aphelion | 1.90 – 2.91 au |
| Eccentricity | 0.209 |
| Inclination | 11.0° |
| Closest distance between its orbit and Earth's (MOID) | 0.909 au |
Data: NASA/JPL Small-Body Database and the IAU Minor Planet Center.
Also named after someone called Theodore
All asteroids named after someone called Theodore
Also discovered on 24 October 1981
- (3088) Jinxiuzhonghua
- (4623) Obraztsova
- (6366) Rainerwieler
- (7049) Meibom
- (7160) Tokunaga
- (8807) Schenk
- (8808) Luhmann
- (9003) Ralphmilliken
- (9536) Statler
- (10033) Bodewits
- (10707) Prunariu
- (11267) Donaldkessler
More named asteroids discovered by S. J. Bus
- (2285) Ron Helin
- (2780) Monnig
- (2791) Paradise
- (2884) Reddish
- (2919) Dali
- (2980) Cameron
- (2981) Chagall
- (2990) Trimberger
- (3000) Leonardo
- (3029) Sanders
- (3030) Vehrenberg
- (3042) Zelinsky
← (7324) Carret · (7327) Crawford →