(53843) Antjiekrog Main-belt Asteroid
Discovered on 30 March 2000 by Colleverde at Colleverde.
Antjie Krog (b. 1952) is a South African writer. She has received many awards, including the South African Translators' Institute Award for Outstanding Translation.Naming citation (MPC batch dated 2017-01-12), IAU / Minor Planet Center, via NASA/JPL
Where Antjiekrog is today
Seen from above the solar system on 2026-10-14: Antjiekrog is 2.21 au from the Sun and 1.76 au from Earth. Computed from JPL's orbital elements.
Facts
| Number | 53843 |
| Provisional designation | 2000 FG10 |
| Orbit class | Main-belt Asteroid |
| Diameter | 6.79 km (#7,894 largest of 17,440 named asteroids with a measured size) |
| Albedo | 0.0960 |
| Rotation period | 4.21 hours |
| Absolute magnitude (H) | 14.18 |
| Orbital period | 3.62 years |
| Semi-major axis | 2.36 au |
| Perihelion – aphelion | 2.18 – 2.54 au |
| Eccentricity | 0.0779 |
| Inclination | 10.0° |
| Closest distance between its orbit and Earth's (MOID) | 1.17 au |
Data: NASA/JPL Small-Body Database and the IAU Minor Planet Center.
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