(49109) Agnesraab Main-belt Asteroid
Discovered on 18 September 1998 by R. Linderholm at Lime Creek.
Austrian amateur astronomer Agnes Raab (b. 1969) is a long-time member of the Linzer Astronomische Gemeinschaft. The first prediscovery image of this minor planet was found on a plate exposed on her eighth birthday.Naming citation (20040107/MPCPages.arc), IAU / Minor Planet Center, via NASA/JPL
Where Agnesraab is today
Seen from above the solar system on 2026-10-14: Agnesraab is 2.35 au from the Sun and 1.87 au from Earth. Computed from JPL's orbital elements.
Facts
| Number | 49109 |
| Provisional designation | 1998 SO2 |
| Orbit class | Main-belt Asteroid |
| Diameter | 3.04 km (#15,117 largest of 17,440 named asteroids with a measured size) |
| Albedo | 0.364 |
| Rotation period | 12.4 hours |
| Absolute magnitude (H) | 14.88 |
| Orbital period | 4.10 years |
| Semi-major axis | 2.56 au |
| Perihelion – aphelion | 2.12 – 3.00 au |
| Eccentricity | 0.172 |
| Inclination | 14.3° |
| Closest distance between its orbit and Earth's (MOID) | 1.14 au |
Data: NASA/JPL Small-Body Database and the IAU Minor Planet Center.
Also named after someone called Agnes
All asteroids named after someone called Agnes
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