(27050) Beresheet Main-belt Asteroid
Discovered on 17 September 1998 by LONEOS at Anderson Mesa.
The Beresheet spacecraft was the first Israeli-built mission to go to the Moon. Beresheet entered Lunar Orbit on April 4, 2019 but ended its mission one week later with an unsuccessful landing attempt.Naming citation (WGSBN Bull. 1, #2, 9), IAU / Minor Planet Center, via NASA/JPL
Where Beresheet is today
Seen from above the solar system on 2026-10-14: Beresheet is 2.41 au from the Sun and 3.17 au from Earth. Computed from JPL's orbital elements.
Facts
| Number | 27050 |
| Provisional designation | 1998 SW4 |
| Orbit class | Main-belt Asteroid |
| Diameter | 2.58 km (#16,119 largest of 17,440 named asteroids with a measured size) |
| Albedo | 0.266 |
| Absolute magnitude (H) | 15.3 |
| Orbital period | 3.23 years |
| Semi-major axis | 2.18 au |
| Perihelion – aphelion | 1.85 – 2.52 au |
| Eccentricity | 0.153 |
| Inclination | 5.84° |
| Closest distance between its orbit and Earth's (MOID) | 0.855 au |
Data: NASA/JPL Small-Body Database and the IAU Minor Planet Center.
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- (12912) Streator
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- (13328) Guetter
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