(10740) Fallersleben Main-belt Asteroid
Discovered on 8 September 1988 by F. Borngen at Tautenburg.
For his “Unpolitische Lieder”, liberal patriotic songs, the poet, writer, librarian and literary historian August Heinrich Hoffmann von Fallersleben (1798-1874) was ousted from his professorship of the German language in Breslau. He wrote the text of “Lied der Deitschen”, the German national anthem.Naming citation (19991123/MPCPages.arc), IAU / Minor Planet Center, via NASA/JPL
Where Fallersleben is today
Seen from above the solar system on 2026-10-14: Fallersleben is 2.70 au from the Sun and 3.20 au from Earth. Computed from JPL's orbital elements.
Facts
| Number | 10740 |
| Provisional designation | 1988 RX2 |
| Orbit class | Main-belt Asteroid |
| Rotation period | 5.66 hours |
| Absolute magnitude (H) | 14.26 |
| Orbital period | 4.35 years |
| Semi-major axis | 2.67 au |
| Perihelion – aphelion | 2.37 – 2.96 au |
| Eccentricity | 0.112 |
| Inclination | 0.412° |
| Closest distance between its orbit and Earth's (MOID) | 1.37 au |
Data: NASA/JPL Small-Body Database and the IAU Minor Planet Center.
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