(192158) Christian Inner Main-belt Asteroid
Discovered on 14 December 2006 by R. Apitzsch at Wildberg.
Christian Apitzsch (b. 1968) is the first-born son of the discoverer. Speaking five languages, he studied business consulting in the U.S. and the Netherlands. He started his management career as a business consultant and settled with his French-German family in the south of France.Naming citation (20090209/MPCPages.arc), IAU / Minor Planet Center, via NASA/JPL
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Where Christian is today
Seen from above the solar system on 2026-10-14: Christian is 2.02 au from the Sun and 1.75 au from Earth. Computed from JPL's orbital elements.
Facts
| Number | 192158 |
| Provisional designation | 2006 XF4 |
| Orbit class | Inner Main-belt Asteroid |
| Absolute magnitude (H) | 17.71 |
| Orbital period | 2.61 years |
| Semi-major axis | 1.90 au |
| Perihelion – aphelion | 1.75 – 2.04 au |
| Eccentricity | 0.0784 |
| Inclination | 17.5° |
| Closest distance between its orbit and Earth's (MOID) | 0.782 au |
Data: NASA/JPL Small-Body Database and the IAU Minor Planet Center.