(333) Badenia Main-belt Asteroid

Discovered on 22 August 1892 by M. F. Wolf at Heidelberg.

Where Badenia is today

MercuryVenusEarthEarthMarsMarsBadeniaBadenia

Seen from above the solar system on 2026-10-14: Badenia is 3.06 au from the Sun and 3.18 au from Earth. Computed from JPL's orbital elements.

Facts

Number333
Provisional designationA892 QA
Orbit classMain-belt Asteroid
Diameter72.2 km (#446 largest of 17,440 named asteroids with a measured size)
Albedo0.0470
Rotation period9.86 hours
Spectral typeC:
Absolute magnitude (H)9.57
Orbital period5.54 years
Semi-major axis3.13 au
Perihelion – aphelion2.63 – 3.63 au
Eccentricity0.160
Inclination3.74°
Closest distance between its orbit and Earth's (MOID)1.63 au

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

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