(43751) Asam Main-belt Asteroid
Discovered on 19 October 1982 by F. Borngen at Tautenburg.
The artistic Bavarian family Asam, father Hans Georg (1649-1711) and sons Cosmas Damian (1686-1739) and Egid Quirin (1692-1750), strongly influenced late Baroque and early Rococo architecture and sculpture in southern Germany. The Asams worked mainly as fresco painters, sculptors of stucco, and architects.Naming citation (20030106/MPCPages.arc), IAU / Minor Planet Center, via NASA/JPL
Where Asam is today
Seen from above the solar system on 2026-10-14: Asam is 2.27 au from the Sun and 2.45 au from Earth. Computed from JPL's orbital elements.
Facts
| Number | 43751 |
| Provisional designation | 1982 UD4 |
| Orbit class | Main-belt Asteroid |
| Rotation period | 5.82 hours |
| Absolute magnitude (H) | 14.92 |
| Orbital period | 4.05 years |
| Semi-major axis | 2.54 au |
| Perihelion – aphelion | 1.95 – 3.14 au |
| Eccentricity | 0.234 |
| Inclination | 1.97° |
| Closest distance between its orbit and Earth's (MOID) | 0.945 au |
Data: NASA/JPL Small-Body Database and the IAU Minor Planet Center.
Also named after someone called Hans
- (3692) Rickman
- (4991) Hansuess
- (5323) Fogh
- (5475) Hanskennedy
- (6847) Kunz-Hallstein
- (8122) Holbein
- (9562) Memling
- (9689) Freudenthal
- (10542) Ruckers
- (12672) Nygardh
- (12729) Berger
- (13177) Hansschmidt
All asteroids named after someone called Hans