Kalbaugh

Key Facts

• Categorized as a Inner Main-belt Asteroid
• Comparable in size to the San Francisco Bay
• Not a Near Earth Object
• Not a Potentially Hazardous Object
• See orbit simulation

Overview

Kalbaugh is a mid-sized asteroid orbiting between Mars and Jupiter within the inner portion of the asteroid belt. NASA JPL has not classified Kalbaugh as potentially hazardous because its orbit does not bring it close to Earth.

Kalbaugh orbits the sun every 984 days (2.69 years), coming as close as 1.88 AU and reaching as far as 1.99 AU from the sun. Based on its brightness and the way it reflects light, Kalbaugh is probably between 5.352 to 11.969 kilometers in diameter, making it larger than 99% of asteroids, very roughly comparable in size to the San Francisco Bay.

The rotation of Kalbaugh has been observed. It completes a rotation on its axis every 5.18 hours.

No Close Approaches

Kalbaugh's orbit is 0.90 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.

Images and Observations

Kalbaugh's orbit is determined by observations dating back to Dec. 4, 1980. It was last officially observed on Nov. 22, 2022. The IAU Minor Planet Center records 3,262 observations used to determine its orbit.

Scientists have been able to determine this object's shape:

View asteroid Kalbaugh in 3D.

Accessibility and Exploration

This asteroid is not considered a viable target for human exploration by the NHATS study.

Similar Objects

These objects have orbits that share similar characteristics to the orbit of Kalbaugh:

• 434 Hungaria (A898 RB)
• 1103 Sequoia (1928 VB)
• 1750 Eckert (1950 NA1)

References

• JPL Small Body Database
• Mission Design
• Sky Finder Chart

Orbit Simulation

Sky Map

The position of Kalbaugh is indicated by a ◯ pink circle. Note that the object may not be in your current field of view. Use the controls below to adjust position, location, and time.

Size Rendering

The above comparison is an artistic rendering that uses available data on the diameter of Kalbaugh to create an approximate landscape rendering with Mount Everest in the background. This approximation is built for full-resolution desktop browsers. Shape, color, and texture of asteroid are imagined.