(13024) Conradferdinand Main-belt Asteroid
Discovered on 11 January 1989 by F. Borngen at Tautenburg.
The famous Swiss author Conrad Ferdinand Meyer (1825-1898) lived mostly in Zürich. He wrote poems, ballads, short stories and the epic Huttens letzte Tage. His subjects were the problems of power and morality, the christian religion and the Swiss landscape.Naming citation (20000523/MPCPages.arc), IAU / Minor Planet Center, via NASA/JPL
Where Conradferdinand is today
Seen from above the solar system on 2026-10-14: Conradferdinand is 2.25 au from the Sun and 3.22 au from Earth. Computed from JPL's orbital elements.
Facts
| Number | 13024 |
| Provisional designation | 1989 AJ6 |
| Orbit class | Main-belt Asteroid |
| Absolute magnitude (H) | 14.24 |
| Orbital period | 3.71 years |
| Semi-major axis | 2.40 au |
| Perihelion – aphelion | 2.16 – 2.64 au |
| Eccentricity | 0.0990 |
| Inclination | 5.71° |
| Closest distance between its orbit and Earth's (MOID) | 1.16 au |
Data: NASA/JPL Small-Body Database and the IAU Minor Planet Center.
Also named after someone called Conrad
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Also discovered on 11 January 1989
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