(449922) Bailey Main-belt Asteroid
Discovered on 9 June 2010 by WISE at WISE.
Ronald W. Bailey (b. 1958) supported mission operations for NASA spacecraft including Topex, Jason and WISE/NEOWISE in a career that spanned more than 35 years.Naming citation (MPC batch dated 2017-03-12), IAU / Minor Planet Center, via NASA/JPL
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Where Bailey is today
Seen from above the solar system on 2026-10-14: Bailey is 2.70 au from the Sun and 2.14 au from Earth. Computed from JPL's orbital elements.
Facts
| Number | 449922 |
| Provisional designation | 2015 OM9 |
| Orbit class | Main-belt Asteroid |
| Diameter | 4.13 km (#12,445 largest of 17,440 named asteroids with a measured size) |
| Albedo | 0.0340 |
| Absolute magnitude (H) | 15.99 |
| Orbital period | 5.42 years |
| Semi-major axis | 3.09 au |
| Perihelion – aphelion | 2.68 – 3.50 au |
| Eccentricity | 0.133 |
| Inclination | 24.4° |
| Closest distance between its orbit and Earth's (MOID) | 1.70 au |
Data: NASA/JPL Small-Body Database and the IAU Minor Planet Center.
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