(35769) Tombauer Main-belt Asteroid
Discovered on 8 May 1999 by CSS at Catalina.
Thomas J. Bauer (b. 1955) is a retired physics instructor at Wellesley College, where he taught from 1986 to 2014. He developed instrumentation to use in both introductory and advanced laboratory classes, and developed software to control data collection from spectrometers to oscilloscopes.Naming citation (MPC batch dated 2018-10-26), IAU / Minor Planet Center, via NASA/JPL
Where Tombauer is today
Seen from above the solar system on 2026-10-14: Tombauer is 2.45 au from the Sun and 1.87 au from Earth. Computed from JPL's orbital elements.
Facts
| Number | 35769 |
| Provisional designation | 1999 JX1 |
| Orbit class | Main-belt Asteroid |
| Diameter | 2.46 km (#16,334 largest of 17,440 named asteroids with a measured size) |
| Albedo | 0.133 |
| Absolute magnitude (H) | 15.52 |
| Orbital period | 3.65 years |
| Semi-major axis | 2.37 au |
| Perihelion – aphelion | 2.05 – 2.69 au |
| Eccentricity | 0.136 |
| Inclination | 7.28° |
| Closest distance between its orbit and Earth's (MOID) | 1.04 au |
Data: NASA/JPL Small-Body Database and the IAU Minor Planet Center.
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