(185101) Balearicuni Main-belt Asteroid

Discovered on 19 September 2006 by OAM at La Sagra.

The University of the Balearic Islands, founded in 1978, is the only university in the Balearic Islands. It is the successor of the higher education center Estudi General Lul-lia, founded in 1483 by the royal privilege of King Fernando el Catolico.Naming citation (WGSBN Bull. 2, #4, 8), IAU / Minor Planet Center, via NASA/JPL

Where Balearicuni is today

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Seen from above the solar system on 2026-10-14: Balearicuni is 2.84 au from the Sun and 3.84 au from Earth. Computed from JPL's orbital elements.

Facts

Number185101
Provisional designation2006 SX19
Orbit classMain-belt Asteroid
Diameter2.38 km (#16,482 largest of 17,440 named asteroids with a measured size)
Albedo0.0860
Absolute magnitude (H)16.42
Orbital period4.42 years
Semi-major axis2.69 au
Perihelion – aphelion2.45 – 2.94 au
Eccentricity0.0905
Inclination1.10°
Closest distance between its orbit and Earth's (MOID)1.44 au

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

Also discovered on 19 September 2006

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