(611585) Bergbusch Main-belt Asteroid
Discovered on 20 January 2007 by K. M. Perrett D. D. Balam at Maunakea.
Peter A. Bergbusch (b. 1950) is a Canadian astronomer and retired faculty member of the Department of Physics of the University of Regina, Canada. He is an authority on stellar evolution and CCD photometry and a former graduate student at the Department of Physics and Astronomy of the University of Victoria.Naming citation (WGSBN Bull. 5, #15, 20), IAU / Minor Planet Center, via NASA/JPL
Where Bergbusch is today
Seen from above the solar system on 2026-10-14: Bergbusch is 3.26 au from the Sun and 2.29 au from Earth. Computed from JPL's orbital elements.
Facts
| Number | 611585 |
| Provisional designation | 2007 BA31 |
| Orbit class | Main-belt Asteroid |
| Absolute magnitude (H) | 16.7 |
| Orbital period | 5.41 years |
| Semi-major axis | 3.08 au |
| Perihelion – aphelion | 2.81 – 3.35 au |
| Eccentricity | 0.0863 |
| Inclination | 6.81° |
| Closest distance between its orbit and Earth's (MOID) | 1.80 au |
Data: NASA/JPL Small-Body Database and the IAU Minor Planet Center.
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