(241418) Darmstadt Main-belt Asteroid
Discovered on 31 October 2008 by E. Schwab at Tzec Maun.
Darmstadt is a German city known for its architecture of the Jugendstil period. It is the location of the European Space Operations Centre and the Helmholtzzentrum für Schwerionenforschung, where the chemical elements with atomic numbers 107--112, including darmstadtium, were discovered.Naming citation (20100726/MPCPages.arc), IAU / Minor Planet Center, via NASA/JPL
Where Darmstadt is today
Seen from above the solar system on 2026-10-14: Darmstadt is 3.49 au from the Sun and 4.36 au from Earth. Computed from JPL's orbital elements.
Facts
| Number | 241418 |
| Provisional designation | 2008 UX201 |
| Orbit class | Main-belt Asteroid |
| Diameter | 4.70 km (#11,228 largest of 17,440 named asteroids with a measured size) |
| Albedo | 0.0240 |
| Absolute magnitude (H) | 16.32 |
| Orbital period | 5.37 years |
| Semi-major axis | 3.07 au |
| Perihelion – aphelion | 2.53 – 3.61 au |
| Eccentricity | 0.176 |
| Inclination | 12.9° |
| Closest distance between its orbit and Earth's (MOID) | 1.54 au |
Data: NASA/JPL Small-Body Database and the IAU Minor Planet Center.