(30937) Bashkirtseff Main-belt Asteroid
Discovered on 16 January 1994 by Elst, E. W., Pollas, C. at Caussols.
Marie Bashkirtseff (1858-1884), known for her impressionistic paintings Automne (1883) and La Réunion (1884), and especially for her diary, with a personal account of the struggle of women artists in a bourgeois society.Naming citation (20120406/MPCPages.arc), IAU / Minor Planet Center, via NASA/JPL
Where Bashkirtseff is today
Seen from above the solar system on 2026-10-14: Bashkirtseff is 2.31 au from the Sun and 1.91 au from Earth. Computed from JPL's orbital elements.
Facts
| Number | 30937 |
| Provisional designation | 1994 BA4 |
| Orbit class | Main-belt Asteroid |
| Diameter | 4.29 km (#12,075 largest of 17,440 named asteroids with a measured size) |
| Albedo | 0.152 |
| Absolute magnitude (H) | 14.77 |
| Orbital period | 4.14 years |
| Semi-major axis | 2.58 au |
| Perihelion – aphelion | 2.28 – 2.88 au |
| Eccentricity | 0.117 |
| Inclination | 3.05° |
| Closest distance between its orbit and Earth's (MOID) | 1.29 au |
Data: NASA/JPL Small-Body Database and the IAU Minor Planet Center.
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