(592) Bathseba Main-belt Asteroid
Discovered on 18 March 1906 by M. F. Wolf at Heidelberg.
Where Bathseba is today
Seen from above the solar system on 2026-10-14: Bathseba is 2.94 au from the Sun and 3.68 au from Earth. Computed from JPL's orbital elements.
Facts
| Number | 592 |
| Provisional designation | A916 BB |
| Orbit class | Main-belt Asteroid |
| Diameter | 43.8 km (#880 largest of 17,440 named asteroids with a measured size) |
| Albedo | 0.155 |
| Rotation period | 7.75 hours |
| Spectral type | K |
| Absolute magnitude (H) | 9.68 |
| Orbital period | 5.26 years |
| Semi-major axis | 3.02 au |
| Perihelion – aphelion | 2.61 – 3.43 au |
| Eccentricity | 0.136 |
| Inclination | 10.2° |
| Closest distance between its orbit and Earth's (MOID) | 1.65 au |
Data: NASA/JPL Small-Body Database and the IAU Minor Planet Center.
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