(52341) Ballmann Main-belt Asteroid
Discovered on 21 September 1992 by Schmadel, L. D., Borngen, F. at Tautenburg.
Helga Ballmann (b. 1954) is the personal assistant of the Director of the Astronomisches Rechen-Institut, Heidelberg. She served for more than four decades at the department for astronomical bibliography and is a very nice and helpful lady. Name proposed by the first discoverer.Naming citation (MPC batch dated 2014-09-09), IAU / Minor Planet Center, via NASA/JPL
Where Ballmann is today
Seen from above the solar system on 2026-10-14: Ballmann is 3.02 au from the Sun and 3.50 au from Earth. Computed from JPL's orbital elements.
Facts
| Number | 52341 |
| Provisional designation | 1992 SB2 |
| Orbit class | Main-belt Asteroid |
| Absolute magnitude (H) | 15.0 |
| Orbital period | 4.66 years |
| Semi-major axis | 2.79 au |
| Perihelion – aphelion | 2.38 – 3.20 au |
| Eccentricity | 0.148 |
| Inclination | 9.57° |
| Closest distance between its orbit and Earth's (MOID) | 1.37 au |
Data: NASA/JPL Small-Body Database and the IAU Minor Planet Center.
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