(59122) Bienayme Main-belt Asteroid
Discovered on 15 December 1998 by ODAS at Caussols.
Irenée Jules Bienaymé (1796–1878) was a French mathematician who contributed to the fields of probability and statistics. He formulated the Bienaymé-Chebyshev inequality concerning the law of large numbers. Irenée was also responsible for what are now known as Bienaymé-Galton-Watson trees. He was a member of the French Academy of Sciences.Naming citation (WGSBN Bull. 5, #27, 7), IAU / Minor Planet Center, via NASA/JPL
Where Bienayme is today
Seen from above the solar system on 2026-10-14: Bienayme is 2.68 au from the Sun and 3.21 au from Earth. Computed from JPL's orbital elements.
Facts
| Number | 59122 |
| Provisional designation | 1998 XJ15 |
| Orbit class | Main-belt Asteroid |
| Rotation period | 1.78 hours |
| Absolute magnitude (H) | 15.27 |
| Orbital period | 4.52 years |
| Semi-major axis | 2.73 au |
| Perihelion – aphelion | 2.60 – 2.87 au |
| Eccentricity | 0.0504 |
| Inclination | 7.17° |
| Closest distance between its orbit and Earth's (MOID) | 1.61 au |
Data: NASA/JPL Small-Body Database and the IAU Minor Planet Center.
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