(592) Bathsheba

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Asteroid
(592) Bathsheba
Properties of the orbit ( animation )
Orbit type Outer main belt
Major semi-axis 3.025  AU
eccentricity 0.129
Perihelion - aphelion 2.635 AU - 3.415 AU
Inclination of the orbit plane 10.2 °
Length of the ascending node 168 °
Argument of the periapsis 256.2 °
Time of passage of the perihelion December 14, 2009
Sidereal period 5 a 96 d
Mean orbital velocity 17.1 km / s
Physical Properties
Medium diameter 46 km
Rotation period 6 h 34 min
Absolute brightness 9.3 mag
history
Explorer Max Wolf
Date of discovery March 18, 1906
Another name 1906 TS, 1948 EB, 1916 Sau
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(592) Bathsheba is an asteroid of the main belt , which on 18 March 1906 by Max Wolf was discovered.

The asteroid was named after Bathsheba , the wife of the biblical centurion Uriah .

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