(38829) Vandeputte Main-belt Asteroid
Discovered on 4 September 2000 by LONEOS at Anderson Mesa.
Michel Vandeputte (b. 1977) is a Belgian amateur astronomer who is among the most active visual observers of meteors in Belgium. He has published extensively on the results from those observations for many years.Naming citation (WGSBN Bull. 3, #15, 6), IAU / Minor Planet Center, via NASA/JPL
Where Vandeputte is today
Seen from above the solar system on 2026-10-14: Vandeputte is 2.57 au from the Sun and 2.42 au from Earth. Computed from JPL's orbital elements.
Facts
| Number | 38829 |
| Provisional designation | 2000 RQ96 |
| Orbit class | Main-belt Asteroid |
| Diameter | 2.03 km (#17,013 largest of 17,440 named asteroids with a measured size) |
| Albedo | 0.298 |
| Absolute magnitude (H) | 15.42 |
| Orbital period | 3.61 years |
| Semi-major axis | 2.35 au |
| Perihelion – aphelion | 2.10 – 2.61 au |
| Eccentricity | 0.109 |
| Inclination | 5.84° |
| Closest distance between its orbit and Earth's (MOID) | 1.08 au |
Data: NASA/JPL Small-Body Database and the IAU Minor Planet Center.
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