(100519) Bombig Main-belt Asteroid

Discovered on 28 January 1997 by Farra d'Isonzo at Farra d'Isonzo.

Italian teacher Anna Bombig (b. 1919) is poetess of the Italian region of Friuli and a tender singer of her land and its people.Naming citation (20090209/MPCPages.arc), IAU / Minor Planet Center, via NASA/JPL

Where Bombig is today

MercuryVenusEarthEarthMarsMarsBombigBombig

Seen from above the solar system on 2026-10-14: Bombig is 2.19 au from the Sun and 3.15 au from Earth. Computed from JPL's orbital elements.

Facts

Number100519
Provisional designation1997 BE2
Orbit classMain-belt Asteroid
Diameter1.74 km (#17,253 largest of 17,440 named asteroids with a measured size)
Albedo0.406
Absolute magnitude (H)15.82
Orbital period4.17 years
Semi-major axis2.59 au
Perihelion – aphelion1.97 – 3.21 au
Eccentricity0.239
Inclination5.04°
Closest distance between its orbit and Earth's (MOID)0.988 au

Data: NASA/JPL Small-Body Database and the IAU Minor Planet Center.

Also named after someone called Anna

Also discovered on 28 January 1997

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