(95982) Beish Main-belt Asteroid
Discovered on 19 June 2004 by CSS at Catalina.
Jeff Beish (b. 1940) has been an avid amateur astronomer since the 1970s, serving in the Mars Section of the Association of Lunar and Planetary Observers (ALPO) from 1981-2005. He maintains the WIMP planetary ephemerides software and an excellent Mars website. In 1989 he received the ALPO Walter Haas observing award.Naming citation (MPC batch dated 2016-08-18), IAU / Minor Planet Center, via NASA/JPL
Where Beish is today
Seen from above the solar system on 2026-10-14: Beish is 1.96 au from the Sun and 1.53 au from Earth. Computed from JPL's orbital elements.
Facts
| Number | 95982 |
| Provisional designation | 2004 MH6 |
| Orbit class | Main-belt Asteroid |
| Diameter | 4.40 km (#11,841 largest of 17,440 named asteroids with a measured size) |
| Albedo | 0.0530 |
| Absolute magnitude (H) | 15.75 |
| Orbital period | 3.59 years |
| Semi-major axis | 2.35 au |
| Perihelion – aphelion | 1.68 – 3.01 au |
| Eccentricity | 0.283 |
| Inclination | 8.77° |
| Closest distance between its orbit and Earth's (MOID) | 0.701 au |
Data: NASA/JPL Small-Body Database and the IAU Minor Planet Center.
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