(48415) Dehio Main-belt Asteroid
Discovered on 21 August 1987 by F. Borngen at Tautenburg.
Art historian Georg Dehio (1850-1932) published the fundamental works The Church Architecture of the Occident (1884-1901), Handbook of the Monuments of German Art (1900-1912) and History of the German Arts (1919-1926). The handbook Dehio became a guide essential to amateurs.Naming citation (20030318/MPCPages.arc), IAU / Minor Planet Center, via NASA/JPL
Where Dehio is today
Seen from above the solar system on 2026-10-14: Dehio is 2.86 au from the Sun and 3.80 au from Earth. Computed from JPL's orbital elements.
Facts
| Number | 48415 |
| Provisional designation | 1987 QT |
| Orbit class | Main-belt Asteroid |
| Diameter | 5.54 km (#9,650 largest of 17,440 named asteroids with a measured size) |
| Albedo | 0.0690 |
| Absolute magnitude (H) | 15.01 |
| Orbital period | 3.67 years |
| Semi-major axis | 2.38 au |
| Perihelion – aphelion | 1.85 – 2.91 au |
| Eccentricity | 0.221 |
| Inclination | 8.35° |
| Closest distance between its orbit and Earth's (MOID) | 0.866 au |
Data: NASA/JPL Small-Body Database and the IAU Minor Planet Center.
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