(198673) Herrero Main-belt Asteroid
Discovered on 19 January 2005 by CSS at Catalina.
Enrique (“Kike”) Herrero Casas (b. 1986) is an astrophysicist at the Institut d'Estudis Espacials de Catalunya (IEEC) and is also a science communicator. He specializes in exoplanets and stellar astrophysics.Naming citation (WGSBN Bull. 1, #3, 12), IAU / Minor Planet Center, via NASA/JPL
Where Herrero is today
Seen from above the solar system on 2026-10-14: Herrero is 2.90 au from the Sun and 2.58 au from Earth. Computed from JPL's orbital elements.
Facts
| Number | 198673 |
| Provisional designation | 2005 BG44 |
| Orbit class | Main-belt Asteroid |
| Diameter | 6.59 km (#8,133 largest of 17,440 named asteroids with a measured size) |
| Albedo | 0.0590 |
| Absolute magnitude (H) | 14.75 |
| Orbital period | 5.57 years |
| Semi-major axis | 3.14 au |
| Perihelion – aphelion | 2.90 – 3.38 au |
| Eccentricity | 0.0768 |
| Inclination | 22.4° |
| Closest distance between its orbit and Earth's (MOID) | 2.00 au |
Data: NASA/JPL Small-Body Database and the IAU Minor Planet Center.