(679) Pax Main-belt Asteroid
Discovered on 28 January 1909 by A. Kopff at Heidelberg.
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Where Pax is today
Seen from above the solar system on 2026-10-14: Pax is 3.37 au from the Sun and 4.29 au from Earth. Computed from JPL's orbital elements.
Facts
| Number | 679 |
| Provisional designation | A909 BR |
| Orbit class | Main-belt Asteroid |
| Diameter | 63.9 km (#537 largest of 17,440 named asteroids with a measured size) |
| Albedo | 0.110 |
| Rotation period | 8.45 hours |
| Spectral type | I |
| Absolute magnitude (H) | 9.13 |
| Orbital period | 4.16 years |
| Semi-major axis | 2.59 au |
| Perihelion – aphelion | 1.78 – 3.39 au |
| Eccentricity | 0.310 |
| Inclination | 24.4° |
| Closest distance between its orbit and Earth's (MOID) | 0.959 au |
Data: NASA/JPL Small-Body Database and the IAU Minor Planet Center.