(27712) Coudray Main-belt Asteroid
Discovered on 3 November 1988 by F. Borngen at Tautenburg.
Clemens Wenzeslaus Coudray (1775-1845), court architect in Fulda, was chief director of the building trade for the Weimar Grand Duchy. A friend of Goethe, he was a prominent representative of the classicistic architectural style. He essentially designed the centers of the towns Weimar and Bad Berka.Naming citation (20020427/MPCPages.arc), IAU / Minor Planet Center, via NASA/JPL
Where Coudray is today
Seen from above the solar system on 2026-10-14: Coudray is 2.04 au from the Sun and 2.42 au from Earth. Computed from JPL's orbital elements.
Facts
| Number | 27712 |
| Provisional designation | 1988 VR7 |
| Orbit class | Main-belt Asteroid |
| Absolute magnitude (H) | 15.4 |
| Orbital period | 3.23 years |
| Semi-major axis | 2.19 au |
| Perihelion – aphelion | 1.78 – 2.59 au |
| Eccentricity | 0.184 |
| Inclination | 3.06° |
| Closest distance between its orbit and Earth's (MOID) | 0.780 au |
Data: NASA/JPL Small-Body Database and the IAU Minor Planet Center.
Also named after someone called Clemens
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Also discovered on 3 November 1988
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- (5432) Imakiire
- (5813) Eizaburo
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