(2549) Baker Outer Main-belt Asteroid
Discovered on 23 October 1976 by Harvard Observatory at Harvard.
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Where Baker is today
Seen from above the solar system on 2026-10-14: Baker is 3.21 au from the Sun and 3.28 au from Earth. Computed from JPL's orbital elements.
Facts
| Number | 2549 |
| Provisional designation | 1976 UB |
| Orbit class | Outer Main-belt Asteroid |
| Diameter | 17.0 km (#2,663 largest of 17,440 named asteroids with a measured size) |
| Albedo | 0.0510 |
| Rotation period | 5.30 hours |
| Absolute magnitude (H) | 12.87 |
| Orbital period | 5.73 years |
| Semi-major axis | 3.20 au |
| Perihelion – aphelion | 2.66 – 3.74 au |
| Eccentricity | 0.170 |
| Inclination | 0.0702° |
| Closest distance between its orbit and Earth's (MOID) | 1.66 au |
Data: NASA/JPL Small-Body Database and the IAU Minor Planet Center.
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