(75836) Warrenastro Main-belt Asteroid

Discovered on 30 January 2000 by CSS at Catalina.

The Warren Astronomical Society in suburban Detroit Michigan, is a long-lived, very active and well educated club. Over the years a number of their members have gone on to careers in professional astronomy. They maintain an observatory at Camp Rotary in Rochester, Michigan, the site of many public star parties.Naming citation (MPC batch dated 2015-06-02), IAU / Minor Planet Center, via NASA/JPL

Where Warrenastro is today

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Seen from above the solar system on 2026-10-14: Warrenastro is 2.47 au from the Sun and 1.61 au from Earth. Computed from JPL's orbital elements.

Facts

Number75836
Provisional designation2000 BY28
Orbit classMain-belt Asteroid
Absolute magnitude (H)15.48
Orbital period4.01 years
Semi-major axis2.52 au
Perihelion – aphelion2.24 – 2.81 au
Eccentricity0.113
Inclination3.44°
Closest distance between its orbit and Earth's (MOID)1.26 au

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

Also discovered on 30 January 2000

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