(8502) Bauhaus Main-belt Asteroid
Discovered on 14 October 1990 by Borngen, F., Schmadel, L. D. at Tautenburg.
Named for the school of design founded in 1919 by the German architect W. Gropius (1883-1969) in Weimar. The school's philosophy emphasized the unity of fine art and trade as the basis for artistic work. By incorporating engineering, the way was opened for industrial design. The Bauhaus moved to Dessau in 1925 and was closed by the Nazis for its “decadence” in 1932. Many Bauhaus masters emigrated to the United States. In 1937, the New Bauhaus was founded by L. Moholy-Nagy (1895-1946) in Chicago. Name proposed by the first discoverer.Naming citation (19980808/MPCPages.arc), IAU / Minor Planet Center, via NASA/JPL
Where Bauhaus is today
Seen from above the solar system on 2026-10-14: Bauhaus is 2.90 au from the Sun and 2.01 au from Earth. Computed from JPL's orbital elements.
Facts
| Number | 8502 |
| Provisional designation | 1990 TR12 |
| Orbit class | Main-belt Asteroid |
| Diameter | 9.57 km (#5,372 largest of 17,440 named asteroids with a measured size) |
| Albedo | 0.184 |
| Rotation period | 3.06 hours |
| Absolute magnitude (H) | 12.81 |
| Orbital period | 5.16 years |
| Semi-major axis | 2.99 au |
| Perihelion – aphelion | 2.68 – 3.30 au |
| Eccentricity | 0.103 |
| Inclination | 9.46° |
| Closest distance between its orbit and Earth's (MOID) | 1.69 au |
Data: NASA/JPL Small-Body Database and the IAU Minor Planet Center.
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