(5221) Fabribudweis Outer Main-belt Asteroid
Discovered on 16 March 1980 by L. Brozek at Klet.
Named for the medieval Czech astronomer, physician and theologian Wenceslaus (Václav) Fabri de Budweis (c.1460-1518), mainly known as the author of almanacs. After a university career in Leipzig he returned to his native town, now České Budějovice, where he is considered one of the most distinguished medieval intellectual personages.Naming citation (19960828/MPCPages.arc), IAU / Minor Planet Center, via NASA/JPL
Where Fabribudweis is today
Seen from above the solar system on 2026-10-14: Fabribudweis is 3.00 au from the Sun and 4.00 au from Earth. Computed from JPL's orbital elements.
Facts
| Number | 5221 |
| Provisional designation | 1980 FB |
| Orbit class | Outer Main-belt Asteroid |
| Diameter | 13.6 km (#3,511 largest of 17,440 named asteroids with a measured size) |
| Albedo | 0.104 |
| Absolute magnitude (H) | 12.66 |
| Orbital period | 5.76 years |
| Semi-major axis | 3.21 au |
| Perihelion – aphelion | 2.88 – 3.55 au |
| Eccentricity | 0.105 |
| Inclination | 1.54° |
| Closest distance between its orbit and Earth's (MOID) | 1.86 au |
Data: NASA/JPL Small-Body Database and the IAU Minor Planet Center.
Also discovered on 16 March 1980
- (2902) Westerlund
- (3386) Klementinum
- (3634) Iwan
- (4169) Celsius
- (4593) Reipurth
- (5498) Gustafsson
- (5938) Keller
- (6150) Neukum
- (6687) Lahulla
- (6945) Dahlgren
- (7548) Engstrom
- (7983) Festin
More named asteroids discovered by L. Brozek
- (2288) Karolinum
- (2613) Plzen
- (2622) Bolzano
- (2696) Magion
- (3102) Krok
- (3386) Klementinum
- (3419) Guth
- (3423) Slouka
- (3424) Nusl
- (3603) Gajdusek
- (3834) Zappafrank
- (4023) Jarnik
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