(318723) Bialas Main-belt Asteroid
Discovered on 8 September 2005 by E. Meyer at Linz.
Volker Bialas (b. 1938) received his doctorate in 1968 in Munich on the Rudolphine Tables of Johannes Kepler. From 1985 to 2003 he was Scientific Director of the publication of Kepler's Collected Works at the Bavarian Academy of Sciences. He is a member of the working group Johannes Kepler of the IAU.Naming citation (MPC batch dated 2018-05-29), IAU / Minor Planet Center, via NASA/JPL
Where Bialas is today
Seen from above the solar system on 2026-10-14: Bialas is 2.60 au from the Sun and 3.31 au from Earth. Computed from JPL's orbital elements.
Facts
| Number | 318723 |
| Provisional designation | 2005 RN6 |
| Orbit class | Main-belt Asteroid |
| Absolute magnitude (H) | 16.75 |
| Orbital period | 4.43 years |
| Semi-major axis | 2.70 au |
| Perihelion – aphelion | 2.49 – 2.91 au |
| Eccentricity | 0.0781 |
| Inclination | 11.2° |
| Closest distance between its orbit and Earth's (MOID) | 1.47 au |
Data: NASA/JPL Small-Body Database and the IAU Minor Planet Center.
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