(32808) Bischoff Main-belt Asteroid
Discovered on 10 October 1990 by Schmadel, L. D., Borngen, F. at Tautenburg.
Werner Bischoff (1902-1993), a researcher at Carl Zeiss, Jena was engaged in designing the large Hamburg and Tautenburg Schmidt telescopes. Since 1953 a professor in Ilmenau, he was co-founder of the Faculty for Precision Mechanics and Optics and educated numerous engineers.Naming citation (20101128/MPCPages.arc), IAU / Minor Planet Center, via NASA/JPL
Where Bischoff is today
Seen from above the solar system on 2026-10-14: Bischoff is 2.99 au from the Sun and 3.90 au from Earth. Computed from JPL's orbital elements.
Facts
| Number | 32808 |
| Provisional designation | 1990 TP2 |
| Orbit class | Main-belt Asteroid |
| Diameter | 9.05 km (#5,717 largest of 17,440 named asteroids with a measured size) |
| Albedo | 0.0780 |
| Absolute magnitude (H) | 13.89 |
| Orbital period | 5.54 years |
| Semi-major axis | 3.13 au |
| Perihelion – aphelion | 2.80 – 3.46 au |
| Eccentricity | 0.105 |
| Inclination | 4.87° |
| Closest distance between its orbit and Earth's (MOID) | 1.81 au |
Data: NASA/JPL Small-Body Database and the IAU Minor Planet Center.
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