(17459) Andreashofer Main-belt Asteroid
Discovered on 13 October 1990 by Borngen, F., Schmadel, L. D. at Tautenburg.
Innkeeper Andreas Hofer (1767-1810) headed the Tyrolese popular rising against French occupation and was executed by a firing squad on order of Napoleon. His patriotic and heroic engagement is the subject of numerous dramatic plays, stories and poems, notably by Rosegger, Eichendorff and Koerner.Naming citation (20010309/MPCPages.arc), IAU / Minor Planet Center, via NASA/JPL
Where Andreashofer is today
Seen from above the solar system on 2026-10-14: Andreashofer is 1.88 au from the Sun and 2.73 au from Earth. Computed from JPL's orbital elements.
Facts
| Number | 17459 |
| Provisional designation | 1990 TJ8 |
| Orbit class | Main-belt Asteroid |
| Diameter | 4.04 km (#12,641 largest of 17,440 named asteroids with a measured size) |
| Albedo | 0.156 |
| Absolute magnitude (H) | 14.83 |
| Orbital period | 3.38 years |
| Semi-major axis | 2.25 au |
| Perihelion – aphelion | 1.85 – 2.66 au |
| Eccentricity | 0.180 |
| Inclination | 6.11° |
| Closest distance between its orbit and Earth's (MOID) | 0.837 au |
Data: NASA/JPL Small-Body Database and the IAU Minor Planet Center.
Also discovered on 13 October 1990
- (7414) Bosch
- (7580) Schwabhausen
- (7700) Rote Kapelle
- (8089) Yukar
- (8501) Wachholz
- (10090) Sikorsky
- (11050) Messiaen
- (13954) Born
- (14871) Pyramus
- (15263) Erwingroten
- (17458) Dick
- (18359) Jakobstaude
More named asteroids discovered by Borngen, F., Schmadel, L. D.
- (5689) Rhon
- (6068) Brandenburg
- (6209) Schwaben
- (6717) Antal
- (6864) Starkenburg
- (7127) Stifter
- (7580) Schwabhausen
- (7700) Rote Kapelle
- (7945) Kreisau
- (8020) Erzgebirge
- (8171) Stauffenberg
- (8502) Bauhaus
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