(2059) Baboquivari Amor
Discovered on 16 October 1963 by Indiana University at Brooklyn.
This Amor-type object, recovered with the Steward Observatory’s 2.3-m reflector on Kitt Peak in 1976, is named in honor of the Papago Indian Tribe, which made available the land on which the AURA observatories are based. Baboquivari, located a few kilometers south of Kitt Peak, is the highest and most sacred peak in Papago country. It figures prominently in Papago mythology as the home of the culture hero I’itoi. Name proposed by F. K. Edmondson.Naming citation (MPC 5038), IAU / Minor Planet Center, via NASA/JPL
Where Baboquivari is today
Seen from above the solar system on 2026-10-14: Baboquivari is 3.91 au from the Sun and 4.82 au from Earth. Computed from JPL's orbital elements.
Facts
| Number | 2059 |
| Provisional designation | 1963 UA |
| Orbit class | Amor · near-Earth |
| Rotation period | 129 hours |
| Absolute magnitude (H) | 15.98 |
| Orbital period | 4.29 years |
| Semi-major axis | 2.64 au |
| Perihelion – aphelion | 1.24 – 4.05 au |
| Eccentricity | 0.531 |
| Inclination | 11.0° |
| Closest distance between its orbit and Earth's (MOID) | 0.245 au |
Data: NASA/JPL Small-Body Database and the IAU Minor Planet Center.
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