Baillauda is a large asteroid that orbits between Mars and Jupiter in the outer reaches of the main asteroid belt. NASA JPL has not classified Baillauda as potentially hazardous because its orbit does not bring it close to Earth.
Baillauda orbits the sun every 2,310 days (6.32 years), coming as close as 3.27 AU and reaching as far as 3.56 AU from the sun. Baillauda is about 50.8 kilometers in diameter, making it larger than 99% of asteroids, comparable in size to the U.S. state of Rhode Island.
The rotation of Baillauda has been observed. It completes a rotation on its axis every 12.65 hours.
Baillauda's orbit is 2.28 AU from Earth's orbit at its closest point. This means that there is an extremely wide berth between this asteroid and Earth at all times.
Orbital simulations conducted by NASA JPL's CNEOS do not show any close approaches to Earth.
Baillauda's orbit is determined by observations dating back to Aug. 18, 1933. It was last officially observed on March 7, 2023. The IAU Minor Planet Center records 4,232 observations used to determine its orbit.
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