2059 Baboquivari

Summary

2059 Baboquivari is an asteroid^[1]. It ranks in the top 2% of asteroid entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (2 views/month).^[2]

Key Facts

• 2059 Baboquivari is credited with the discovery of Indiana Asteroid Program^[3].
• 2059 Baboquivari's instance of is recorded as asteroid^[4].
• 2059 Baboquivari's instance of is recorded as near-Earth object^[5].
• 2059 Baboquivari's site of astronomical discovery is recorded as Goethe Link Observatory^[6].
• Baboquivari Peak Wilderness is named after 2059 Baboquivari^[7].
• 2059 Baboquivari's follows is recorded as 2058 Róka^[8].
• 2059 Baboquivari's followed by is recorded as 2060 Chiron^[9].
• 2059 Baboquivari's minor planet group is recorded as Amor asteroid^[10].
• 2059 Baboquivari's minor planet group is recorded as asteroid belt^[11].
• 2059 Baboquivari's Commons category is recorded as 2059 Baboquivari^[12].
• 2059 Baboquivari's parent astronomical body is recorded as Sun^[13].
• 2059 Baboquivari's provisional designation is recorded as 1963 UA^[14].
• 2059 Baboquivari's time of discovery or invention is recorded as +1963-10-16T00:00:00Z^[15].
• 2059 Baboquivari's Freebase ID is recorded as /m/0f7_46^[16].
• 2059 Baboquivari's JPL Small-Body Database SPK-ID is recorded as 20002059^[17].
• 2059 Baboquivari's significant event is recorded as naming^[18].
• 2059 Baboquivari's orbital eccentricity is recorded as {'amount': '+0.5298'}^[19].
• 2059 Baboquivari's orbital eccentricity is recorded as {'amount': '+0.5306991'}^[20].
• 2059 Baboquivari's orbital eccentricity is recorded as {'amount': '+0.5315840390697194'}^[21].
• 2059 Baboquivari's absolute magnitude is recorded as {'amount': '+15.8'}^[22].
• 2059 Baboquivari's absolute magnitude is recorded as {'amount': '+15.98'}^[23].
• 2059 Baboquivari's orbital inclination is recorded as {'unit': 'Q28390', 'amount': '+11.04800'}^[24].
• 2059 Baboquivari's orbital inclination is recorded as {'unit': 'Q28390', 'amount': '+11.02085921144213'}^[25].
• 2059 Baboquivari's orbital period is recorded as {'unit': 'Q577', 'amount': '+4.31'}^[26].
• 2059 Baboquivari's orbital period is recorded as {'unit': 'Q573', 'amount': '+1568.392657177185'}^[27].

Body

Designation and Status

Recorded instance of include asteroid^[4] and near-Earth object^[5].

History and Context

Baboquivari Peak Wilderness is named after 2059 Baboquivari^[7].

Why It Matters

2059 Baboquivari ranks in the top 2% of asteroid entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (2 views/month).^[2] It has Wikipedia articles in 17 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.^[28] It is known by 6 alternative names across languages and contexts.^[29]