(2925) Beatty Main-belt Asteroid
Discovered on 7 November 1978 by Helin, E. F., Bus, S. J. at Palomar.
Where Beatty is today
Seen from above the solar system on 2026-10-14: Beatty is 2.18 au from the Sun and 1.59 au from Earth. Computed from JPL's orbital elements.
Facts
| Number | 2925 |
| Provisional designation | 1978 VC5 |
| Orbit class | Main-belt Asteroid |
| Diameter | 7.10 km (#7,508 largest of 17,440 named asteroids with a measured size) |
| Albedo | 0.0970 |
| Rotation period | 3.66 hours |
| Spectral type | Cgh |
| Absolute magnitude (H) | 13.82 |
| Orbital period | 3.69 years |
| Semi-major axis | 2.39 au |
| Perihelion – aphelion | 1.94 – 2.84 au |
| Eccentricity | 0.189 |
| Inclination | 2.23° |
| Closest distance between its orbit and Earth's (MOID) | 0.951 au |
Data: NASA/JPL Small-Body Database and the IAU Minor Planet Center.
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