(43843) Cleynaerts Main-belt Asteroid
Discovered on 12 July 1993 by E. W. Elst at La Silla.
Nicolas Cleynaerts (Clenardus, 1495-1542) was a Flemish humanist who promoted tolerance between the nations and a grammarian who wrote manuals to study Greek and Hebrew. Desiring to bring Islam and Christianity closer together, he got into conflict with the Spanish and Portuguese authorities.Naming citation (20101128/MPCPages.arc), IAU / Minor Planet Center, via NASA/JPL
Where Cleynaerts is today
Seen from above the solar system on 2026-10-14: Cleynaerts is 3.32 au from the Sun and 2.46 au from Earth. Computed from JPL's orbital elements.
Facts
| Number | 43843 |
| Provisional designation | 1993 NC2 |
| Orbit class | Main-belt Asteroid |
| Diameter | 5.47 km (#9,766 largest of 17,440 named asteroids with a measured size) |
| Albedo | 0.0940 |
| Absolute magnitude (H) | 14.77 |
| Orbital period | 4.53 years |
| Semi-major axis | 2.74 au |
| Perihelion – aphelion | 2.11 – 3.37 au |
| Eccentricity | 0.231 |
| Inclination | 7.49° |
| Closest distance between its orbit and Earth's (MOID) | 1.10 au |
Data: NASA/JPL Small-Body Database and the IAU Minor Planet Center.
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