(23578) Baedeker Main-belt Asteroid
Discovered on 22 February 1995 by F. Borngen at Tautenburg.
This German family of printers and booksellers dates back to Dietrich Baedeker (1680-1716). In 1827, Karl Baedeker (1801-1859) founded a publishing house at Koblenz. It became well-known for its guidebooks, translated into many languages, that cover nearly all countries of Europe, Near East and North America.Naming citation (20030318/MPCPages.arc), IAU / Minor Planet Center, via NASA/JPL
Where Baedeker is today
Seen from above the solar system on 2026-10-14: Baedeker is 3.33 au from the Sun and 2.66 au from Earth. Computed from JPL's orbital elements.
Facts
| Number | 23578 |
| Provisional designation | 1995 DR13 |
| Orbit class | Main-belt Asteroid |
| Diameter | 9.69 km (#5,278 largest of 17,440 named asteroids with a measured size) |
| Albedo | 0.0750 |
| Rotation period | 8.17 hours |
| Absolute magnitude (H) | 13.93 |
| Orbital period | 5.48 years |
| Semi-major axis | 3.11 au |
| Perihelion – aphelion | 2.64 – 3.58 au |
| Eccentricity | 0.152 |
| Inclination | 1.77° |
| Closest distance between its orbit and Earth's (MOID) | 1.64 au |
Data: NASA/JPL Small-Body Database and the IAU Minor Planet Center.
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