Bamberga is a very large asteroid orbiting between Mars and Jupiter in the main portion of the asteroid belt. NASA JPL has not classified Bamberga as potentially hazardous because its orbit does not bring it close to Earth.
Bamberga orbits the sun every 1,600 days (4.38 years), coming as close as 1.77 AU and reaching as far as 3.60 AU from the sun. Bamberga is about 220.7 kilometers in diameter, making it larger than 99% of asteroids, comparable in size to the U.S. state of Maryland.
The rotation of Bamberga has been observed. It completes a rotation on its axis every 29.43 hours.
Bamberga's orbit is 0.78 AU from Earth's orbit at its closest point. This means that there is a very 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.
Bamberga's orbit is determined by observations dating back to March 16, 1892. It was last officially observed on May 7, 2023. The IAU Minor Planet Center records 7,064 observations used to determine its orbit.
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