(298) Baptistina Main-belt Asteroid
Discovered on 9 September 1890 by A. Charlois at Nice.
Where Baptistina is today
Seen from above the solar system on 2026-10-14: Baptistina is 2.46 au from the Sun and 1.72 au from Earth. Computed from JPL's orbital elements.
Facts
| Number | 298 |
| Provisional designation | A890 RB |
| Orbit class | Main-belt Asteroid |
| Diameter | 21.1 km (#2,069 largest of 17,440 named asteroids with a measured size) |
| Albedo | 0.131 |
| Rotation period | 16.2 hours |
| Absolute magnitude (H) | 11.2 |
| Orbital period | 3.41 years |
| Semi-major axis | 2.26 au |
| Perihelion – aphelion | 2.05 – 2.48 au |
| Eccentricity | 0.0952 |
| Inclination | 6.28° |
| Closest distance between its orbit and Earth's (MOID) | 1.07 au |
Data: NASA/JPL Small-Body Database and the IAU Minor Planet Center.
Also discovered on 9 September 1890
More named asteroids discovered by A. Charlois
- (267) Tirza
- (272) Antonia
- (277) Elvira
- (282) Clorinde
- (283) Emma
- (284) Amalia
- (285) Regina
- (289) Nenetta
- (293) Brasilia
- (294) Felicia
- (296) Phaetusa
- (297) Caecilia
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