(425442) Eberstadt Main-belt Asteroid
Discovered on 7 March 2010 by U. Suessenberger at Bergen-Enkheim.
Eberstadt is the most southerly borough of Darmstadt, near to the castle Frankenstein, and was first documented in 782. Eberstadt is the hometown of the discoverer and also where he made his first astronomical observations with a small refractor.Naming citation (MPC batch dated 2015-06-02), IAU / Minor Planet Center, via NASA/JPL
Where Eberstadt is today
Seen from above the solar system on 2026-10-14: Eberstadt is 2.29 au from the Sun and 2.88 au from Earth. Computed from JPL's orbital elements.
Facts
| Number | 425442 |
| Provisional designation | 2010 EJ12 |
| Orbit class | Main-belt Asteroid |
| Diameter | 2.16 km (#16,826 largest of 17,440 named asteroids with a measured size) |
| Albedo | 0.104 |
| Absolute magnitude (H) | 16.42 |
| Orbital period | 5.22 years |
| Semi-major axis | 3.01 au |
| Perihelion – aphelion | 2.29 – 3.73 au |
| Eccentricity | 0.238 |
| Inclination | 8.16° |
| Closest distance between its orbit and Earth's (MOID) | 1.28 au |
Data: NASA/JPL Small-Body Database and the IAU Minor Planet Center.