4175 Billbaum

Billbaum
Discovery
Discovered by Ted Bowell
Discovery site Flagstaff
Discovery date 15 April 1985
Designations
MPC designation 4175
1985 GX
Orbital characteristics[1]
Epoch 13 January 2016 (JD 2457400.5)
Uncertainty parameter 0
Observation arc 23598 days (64.61 yr)
Aphelion 3.1842982 AU (476.36423 Gm)
Perihelion 2.1833301 AU (326.62153 Gm)
2.683814 AU (401.4929 Gm)
Eccentricity 0.1864824
4.40 yr (1605.9 d)
60.035500°
 13m 27.008s / day
Inclination 13.61285°
163.41448°
316.91931°
Earth MOID 1.21804 AU (182.216 Gm)
Jupiter MOID 1.94884 AU (291.542 Gm)
Jupiter Tisserand parameter 3.310
Physical characteristics
2.73 h (0.114 d)
12.3

    4175 Billbaum (1985 GX) is a main-belt asteroid discovered on April 15, 1985 by Ted Bowell at Flagstaff. It is named for William A. Baum.[2] Baum worked at Lowell Observatory (Directorship of Planetary Research Center) as well as on the Hubble Space Telescope.[2]

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