(2236) Austrasia Main-belt Asteroid
Discovered on 23 March 1933 by K. Reinmuth at Heidelberg.
Named for the eastern kingdom of the Merovingian Franks from the sixth to the eighth centuries. Austrasia embodied an extensive region on both sides of the Rhine, with Metz as its capital. Name proposed by E. Bowell, who found one of the identifications involving this planet.Naming citation (MPC 5524), IAU / Minor Planet Center, via NASA/JPL
Where Austrasia is today
Seen from above the solar system on 2026-10-14: Austrasia is 2.45 au from the Sun and 3.44 au from Earth. Computed from JPL's orbital elements.
Facts
| Number | 2236 |
| Provisional designation | 1933 FX |
| Orbit class | Main-belt Asteroid |
| Diameter | 9.13 km (#5,661 largest of 17,440 named asteroids with a measured size) |
| Albedo | 0.279 |
| Rotation period | 6.40 hours |
| Absolute magnitude (H) | 12.65 |
| Orbital period | 3.59 years |
| Semi-major axis | 2.34 au |
| Perihelion – aphelion | 1.83 – 2.86 au |
| Eccentricity | 0.219 |
| Inclination | 10.1° |
| Closest distance between its orbit and Earth's (MOID) | 0.840 au |
Data: NASA/JPL Small-Body Database and the IAU Minor Planet Center.