(10925) Ventoux Main-belt Asteroid

Discovered on 28 January 1998 by P. Antonini at Bedoin.

Mont Ventoux is a mountain 1909 meters high in the French département of Vaucluse (Provence).Naming citation (WGSBN Bull. 4, #10, 6), IAU / Minor Planet Center, via NASA/JPL

Where Ventoux is today

MercuryVenusEarthEarthMarsMarsVentouxVentoux

Seen from above the solar system on 2026-10-14: Ventoux is 2.50 au from the Sun and 1.59 au from Earth. Computed from JPL's orbital elements.

Facts

Number10925
Provisional designation1998 BK30
Orbit classMain-belt Asteroid
Diameter5.19 km (#10,259 largest of 17,440 named asteroids with a measured size)
Albedo0.217
Absolute magnitude (H)14.12
Orbital period4.24 years
Semi-major axis2.62 au
Perihelion – aphelion2.47 – 2.77 au
Eccentricity0.0581
Inclination2.47°
Closest distance between its orbit and Earth's (MOID)1.48 au

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

Also discovered on 28 January 1998

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