(216390) Binnig Main-belt Asteroid
Discovered on 14 February 2008 by Schwab, E., Kling, R. at Taunus.
German physicist Gerd Binnig (b. 1947) received his doctorate from the Goethe University in his native city of Frankfurt am Main in 1978. Together with his colleague Heinrich Rohrer he was awarded the 1986 Nobel Prize in Physics for the invention of the scanning tunneling microscope.Naming citation (20101128/MPCPages.arc), IAU / Minor Planet Center, via NASA/JPL
Where Binnig is today
Seen from above the solar system on 2026-10-14: Binnig is 2.76 au from the Sun and 2.98 au from Earth. Computed from JPL's orbital elements.
Facts
| Number | 216390 |
| Provisional designation | 2008 CK177 |
| Orbit class | Main-belt Asteroid |
| Diameter | 3.13 km (#14,893 largest of 17,440 named asteroids with a measured size) |
| Albedo | 0.125 |
| Absolute magnitude (H) | 15.76 |
| Orbital period | 5.57 years |
| Semi-major axis | 3.14 au |
| Perihelion – aphelion | 2.74 – 3.55 au |
| Eccentricity | 0.130 |
| Inclination | 6.07° |
| Closest distance between its orbit and Earth's (MOID) | 1.72 au |
Data: NASA/JPL Small-Body Database and the IAU Minor Planet Center.
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