(55749) Eulenspiegel Main-belt Asteroid
Discovered on 15 January 1991 by F. Borngen at Tautenburg.
Till Eulenspiegel (Low German Dyl Ulenspegel) lived in the fourteenth century in northern Germany. Many odd anecdotes, tricks and jests are connected with him. They became the source of numerous folk and literary tales translated into several languages.Naming citation (20031110/MPCPages.arc), IAU / Minor Planet Center, via NASA/JPL
Where Eulenspiegel is today
Seen from above the solar system on 2026-10-14: Eulenspiegel is 3.47 au from the Sun and 4.09 au from Earth. Computed from JPL's orbital elements.
Facts
| Number | 55749 |
| Provisional designation | 1991 AT2 |
| Orbit class | Main-belt Asteroid |
| Diameter | 8.40 km (#6,228 largest of 17,440 named asteroids with a measured size) |
| Albedo | 0.0760 |
| Absolute magnitude (H) | 13.72 |
| Orbital period | 5.68 years |
| Semi-major axis | 3.18 au |
| Perihelion – aphelion | 2.70 – 3.67 au |
| Eccentricity | 0.151 |
| Inclination | 4.30° |
| Closest distance between its orbit and Earth's (MOID) | 1.72 au |
Data: NASA/JPL Small-Body Database and the IAU Minor Planet Center.
Also discovered on 15 January 1991
- (6320) Bremen
- (6396) Schleswig
- (7873) Boll
- (9336) Altenburg
- (9854) Karlheinz
- (10774) Eisenach
- (10775) Leipzig
- (16522) Tell
- (29197) Gleim
- (30836) Schnittke
- (30837) Steinheil