(6524) Baalke

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Asteroid
(6524) Baalke
Properties of the orbit ( animation )
Epoch:  December 9, 2014 ( JD 2,457,000.5)
Orbit type Main belt asteroid
Major semi-axis 2.3514  AU
eccentricity 0.0930
Perihelion - aphelion 2.1327 AU - 2.5702 AU
Inclination of the orbit plane 22.2004 °
Sidereal period 3.61 a
Mean orbital velocity 19.42 km / s
Physical Properties
Absolute brightness 13.1 mag
history
Explorer Eleanor F. Helin
Date of discovery January 9, 1992
Another name 1992 AO
Source: Unless otherwise stated, the data comes from JPL Small-Body Database Browser . The affiliation to an asteroid family is automatically determined from the AstDyS-2 database . Please also note the note on asteroid items.

(6524) Baalke is an asteroid of the main belt , which from January 9, 1992 American US astronomer Eleanor F. Helin at Palomar Observatory ( IAU code was discovered 675).

The asteroid was named after Ron C. Baalke , an engineer at the Jet Propulsion Laboratory who works on telemetry systems for the Deep Space Network . Since 1989 he has been increasingly involved in public relations at NASA and oversees numerous websites.

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