(59000) Beiguan Main-belt Asteroid
Discovered on 17 September 1998 by Beijing Schmidt CCD Asteroid Program at Xinglong.
Beijing Planetarium (Beijing Tianwenguan) was the first planetarium in China, and it is now one of the most modern planetaria in the world. This minor planet is named during the fiftieth anniversary year of Beijing Planetarium.Naming citation (20070730/MPCPages.arc), IAU / Minor Planet Center, via NASA/JPL
Where Beiguan is today
Seen from above the solar system on 2026-10-14: Beiguan is 2.39 au from the Sun and 3.25 au from Earth. Computed from JPL's orbital elements.
Facts
| Number | 59000 |
| Provisional designation | 1998 SW26 |
| Orbit class | Main-belt Asteroid |
| Diameter | 2.85 km (#15,558 largest of 17,440 named asteroids with a measured size) |
| Albedo | 0.0340 |
| Absolute magnitude (H) | 16.48 |
| Orbital period | 3.28 years |
| Semi-major axis | 2.21 au |
| Perihelion – aphelion | 1.94 – 2.47 au |
| Eccentricity | 0.120 |
| Inclination | 4.79° |
| Closest distance between its orbit and Earth's (MOID) | 0.964 au |
Data: NASA/JPL Small-Body Database and the IAU Minor Planet Center.
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