(175419) Albiesachs Main-belt Asteroid
Discovered on 15 August 2006 by Lin, C.-S., Ye, Q.-z. at Lulin.
Albie Sachs (b. 1935), Judge to the Constitutional Court of South Africa, has made global contributions to the understanding of democratic values, respect for diversity, social justice and fundamental human rights.Naming citation (MPC batch dated 2015-04-04), IAU / Minor Planet Center, via NASA/JPL
Where Albiesachs is today
Seen from above the solar system on 2026-10-14: Albiesachs is 3.33 au from the Sun and 4.30 au from Earth. Computed from JPL's orbital elements.
Facts
| Number | 175419 |
| Provisional designation | 2006 PN17 |
| Orbit class | Main-belt Asteroid |
| Diameter | 3.63 km (#13,624 largest of 17,440 named asteroids with a measured size) |
| Albedo | 0.0700 |
| Absolute magnitude (H) | 15.92 |
| Orbital period | 5.52 years |
| Semi-major axis | 3.12 au |
| Perihelion – aphelion | 2.70 – 3.55 au |
| Eccentricity | 0.136 |
| Inclination | 5.61° |
| Closest distance between its orbit and Earth's (MOID) | 1.69 au |
Data: NASA/JPL Small-Body Database and the IAU Minor Planet Center.