(185325) Anupabhagwat Main-belt Asteroid

Discovered on 14 November 2006 by V. S. Casulli at Vallemare Borbona.

Anupama Bhagwat (b. 1974) is an Indian sitar musician and composer of Hindustani classical music.Naming citation (MPC batch dated 2016-04-22), IAU / Minor Planet Center, via NASA/JPL

Where Anupabhagwat is today

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Seen from above the solar system on 2026-10-14: Anupabhagwat is 2.99 au from the Sun and 3.21 au from Earth. Computed from JPL's orbital elements.

Facts

Number185325
Provisional designation2006 VE14
Orbit classMain-belt Asteroid
Diameter4.73 km (#11,168 largest of 17,440 named asteroids with a measured size)
Albedo0.0660
Absolute magnitude (H)15.42
Orbital period5.45 years
Semi-major axis3.10 au
Perihelion – aphelion2.97 – 3.22 au
Eccentricity0.0407
Inclination8.43°
Closest distance between its orbit and Earth's (MOID)1.97 au

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

Also named after someone called Anupama

Also discovered on 14 November 2006

More named asteroids discovered by V. S. Casulli