(52457) Enquist Main-belt Asteroid
Discovered on 2 January 1995 by E. W. Elst at Caussols.
Anna Enquist (b. 1945) is a Dutch author and poet, who studied psycho-analysis at Leiden and piano at the conservatory of Den Haag. Her first novel The Masterpiece (1994), based on Mozart's Don Giovanni, established her fame as a novelist. Music and psycho-analysis, as well as family tragedy, are the major themes of her work.Naming citation (MPC batch dated 2014-09-09), IAU / Minor Planet Center, via NASA/JPL
Where Enquist is today
Seen from above the solar system on 2026-10-14: Enquist is 2.36 au from the Sun and 2.27 au from Earth. Computed from JPL's orbital elements.
Facts
| Number | 52457 |
| Provisional designation | 1995 AE4 |
| Orbit class | Main-belt Asteroid |
| Diameter | 7.98 km (#6,599 largest of 17,440 named asteroids with a measured size) |
| Albedo | 0.0450 |
| Absolute magnitude (H) | 14.72 |
| Orbital period | 4.12 years |
| Semi-major axis | 2.57 au |
| Perihelion – aphelion | 1.98 – 3.16 au |
| Eccentricity | 0.229 |
| Inclination | 5.72° |
| Closest distance between its orbit and Earth's (MOID) | 0.996 au |
Data: NASA/JPL Small-Body Database and the IAU Minor Planet Center.
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