(2059) Baboquivari
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Asteroid (2059) Baboquivari |
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| Properties of the orbit ( animation ) | |
| Orbit type | Cupid type |
| Major semi-axis | 2.6464 AU |
| eccentricity | 0.5291 |
| Perihelion - aphelion | 1.2462 AU - 4.0466 AU |
| Inclination of the orbit plane | 11.031 ° |
| Sidereal period | 4,305 a |
| Mean orbital velocity | 18.31 km / s |
| Physical Properties | |
| Medium diameter | 2.1 - 4.7 km |
| Albedo | ? |
| Rotation period | ? H |
| Absolute brightness | 15,631 likes |
| Spectral class | ? |
| history | |
| Explorer | Goethe Link Observatory |
| Date of discovery | 1963 |
| Another name | 1963 UA |
| 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. | |
(2059) Baboquivari is an asteroid of the Amor type that on 16 October 1963 by the University of Indiana at Goethe Link Observatory in Brooklyn was discovered.
The asteroid is named after the mountain Baboquivari not far from the Kitt Peak Observatory , which is considered sacred for the Papago Indian tribe in the south of the USA and in northern Mexico.