(12895) Balbastre Main-belt Asteroid
Discovered on 26 August 1998 by E. W. Elst at La Silla.
Claude-Bénigme Balbastre (1729-1799) was a French composer who, after writing more-or-less academic organ work at Dijon, blossomed as a fashionable Parisian harpsichord teacher and cosmopolite. La Lugeac and La d´Héricourt rank among the very finest keyboard works of the 1750s.Naming citation (20041126/MPCPages.arc), IAU / Minor Planet Center, via NASA/JPL
Where Balbastre is today
Seen from above the solar system on 2026-10-14: Balbastre is 2.05 au from the Sun and 2.50 au from Earth. Computed from JPL's orbital elements.
Facts
| Number | 12895 |
| Provisional designation | 1998 QO99 |
| Orbit class | Main-belt Asteroid |
| Rotation period | 3.47 hours |
| Absolute magnitude (H) | 14.87 |
| Orbital period | 3.35 years |
| Semi-major axis | 2.24 au |
| Perihelion – aphelion | 2.00 – 2.47 au |
| Eccentricity | 0.105 |
| Inclination | 6.12° |
| Closest distance between its orbit and Earth's (MOID) | 1.02 au |
Data: NASA/JPL Small-Body Database and the IAU Minor Planet Center.
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