(4808) Ballaero Main-belt Asteroid
Discovered on 21 January 1925 by K. Reinmuth at Heidelberg.
Ball Aerospace and Technology Corporation has contributed to the scientific investigation of minor planets and comets through the development of instruments for the Hubble and Spitzer telescopes, the planned Widefield Infrared Survey Explorer and the spacecraft for the Deep Impact mission to comet 9P/Tempel.Naming citation (20050125/MPCPages.arc), IAU / Minor Planet Center, via NASA/JPL
Where Ballaero is today
Seen from above the solar system on 2026-10-14: Ballaero is 3.05 au from the Sun and 3.88 au from Earth. Computed from JPL's orbital elements.
Facts
| Number | 4808 |
| Provisional designation | 1925 BA |
| Orbit class | Main-belt Asteroid |
| Diameter | 19.2 km (#2,309 largest of 17,440 named asteroids with a measured size) |
| Albedo | 0.0740 |
| Rotation period | 8.90 hours |
| Absolute magnitude (H) | 12.27 |
| Orbital period | 4.36 years |
| Semi-major axis | 2.67 au |
| Perihelion – aphelion | 2.23 – 3.10 au |
| Eccentricity | 0.162 |
| Inclination | 10.8° |
| Closest distance between its orbit and Earth's (MOID) | 1.26 au |
Data: NASA/JPL Small-Body Database and the IAU Minor Planet Center.