298 Baptistina

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298 Baptistina is an asteroid orbiting in the asteroid belt. It is the namesake of the Baptistina family. It was discovered on September 9 1890 by Auguste Charlois of Nice. The source of its name is unknown. It measures somewhere around 13 to 30 kilometres (8 to 19 mi) in diameter. Although it has an orbit similar to the Flora family asteroids Baptistina is an unrelated interloper.

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apoapsis (km)

3.71152e+11

average speed (km/s)

71280.0

orbital period (μ)

1.07499e+08

periapsis (km)

3.06227e+11

absolute magnitude

11.0

discovery date

1890-09-09

discoverer

Auguste Charlois

epoch

30 January 2005 (JD 2453400.5)

rotation period (s)

72.0