(12298) Brecht Main-belt Asteroid
Discovered on 6 August 1991 by F. Borngen at Tautenburg.
Bertolt Brecht (1898-1956), German author, songwriter, producer and social critic, was born in Augsburg. His Leben des Galilei (1943) is a true masterpiece. In 1933 he left Germany and finally found refuge in the U.S. In 1949, he founded the Berliner Ensemble in East Berlin, together with H. Weigel.Naming citation (20000523/MPCPages.arc), IAU / Minor Planet Center, via NASA/JPL
Where Brecht is today
Seen from above the solar system on 2026-10-14: Brecht is 2.50 au from the Sun and 2.94 au from Earth. Computed from JPL's orbital elements.
Facts
| Number | 12298 |
| Provisional designation | 1991 PL17 |
| Orbit class | Main-belt Asteroid |
| Diameter | 6.55 km (#8,179 largest of 17,440 named asteroids with a measured size) |
| Albedo | 0.0620 |
| Rotation period | 3.80 hours |
| Absolute magnitude (H) | 14.7 |
| Orbital period | 3.77 years |
| Semi-major axis | 2.42 au |
| Perihelion – aphelion | 1.84 – 3.01 au |
| Eccentricity | 0.240 |
| Inclination | 8.18° |
| Closest distance between its orbit and Earth's (MOID) | 0.861 au |
Data: NASA/JPL Small-Body Database and the IAU Minor Planet Center.
Also discovered on 6 August 1991
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- (6404) Vanavara
- (7062) Meslier
- (8279) Cuzco
- (8672) Morse
- (8857) Cercidiphyllum
- (8858) Cornus
- (9342) Carygrant
- (9860) Archaeopteryx
- (10781) Ritter
- (13064) Haemhouts
- (15278) Paquet
More named asteroids discovered by F. Borngen
- (3181) Ahnert
- (3245) Jensch
- (3338) Richter
- (3539) Weimar
- (3540) Protesilaos
- (3802) Dornburg
- (3808) Tempel
- (3826) Handel
- (3917) Franz Schubert
- (3941) Haydn
- (3943) Silbermann
- (3954) Mendelssohn
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