2059 Baboquivari

2059 Baboquivari
Discovery [1]
Discovered by Indiana Asteroid Program
Discovery site Goethe Link Obs.
Discovery date 16 October 1963
Designations
MPC designation 2059 Baboquivari
Named after
 Baboquivari Mountains[2]
1963 UA
Amor, NEO
Orbital characteristics [1]
Epoch 27 June 2015 (JD 2457200.5)
Uncertainty parameter 0
Observation arc 50.68 yr (18,511 days)
Aphelion 4.0470 AU
Perihelion 1.2459 AU
2.6465 AU
Eccentricity 0.5292
4.31 yr (1,572.5 days)
354.56°
Inclination 11.030°
200.99°
191.26°
Earth MOID 0.2538 AU
Physical characteristics
15.8

    2059 Baboquivari, provisional designation 1963 UA, is an Amor asteroid, a type of Near-Earth asteroid (NEA). It is one of the lowest numbered NEAs as it was already discovered on October 16, 1963 at Goethe Link Observatory near Brooklyn, Indiana, United States by the Indiana Asteroid Program. It became a lost asteroid until 1976 when it was recovered by the Steward Observatory's 90-inch Bok Telescope at Kitt Peak National Observatory located in the Sonoran Desert of the U.S. state of Arizona.[3]

    The very eccentric asteroid orbits the Sun at a distance of 1.25–4.05 AU once every 4.31 years (1,573 days). Its orbit is inclined by 11 degrees to the ecliptic. The asteroid's Earth minimum orbit intersection distance (MOID) is 0.25 AU. It approached the Earth at that distance on October 20, 1963. Its closest approach to Jupiter was on April 20, 1970 at a distance of about 1.4 AU.[1][3]

    The asteroid was named after the main-peak of the Baboquivari Mountains, a sacred location in the mythology of the Papago Indian Tribe. The Observatories of the Association of Universities for Research in Astronomy (AURA) are located on the Baboquivari land, just a few kilometers south of Kitt Peak.[2]

    References

    1. 1 2 3 "JPL Small-Body Database Browser: 2059 Baboquivari (1963 UA)" (2014-06-21 last obs.). Jet Propulsion Laboratory. Retrieved October 2015.
    2. 1 2 Schmadel, Lutz D. (2003). Dictionary of Minor Planet Names – (2059) Baboquivari. Springer Berlin Heidelberg. p. 167. ISBN 978-3-540-29925-7. Retrieved October 2015.
    3. 1 2 "(2059) Baboquivari = 1963 UA". Minor Planet Center. Retrieved 2015-06-04.

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