(9359) Fleringe Main-belt Asteroid

Discovered on 6 March 1992 by UESAC at La Silla.

Fleringe is a small parish on the Swedish island of Gotland. Here can be found several old limestone quarries, of which one has been turned into an industrial museum.Naming citation (20010309/MPCPages.arc), IAU / Minor Planet Center, via NASA/JPL

Where Fleringe is today

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Seen from above the solar system on 2026-10-14: Fleringe is 2.83 au from the Sun and 3.79 au from Earth. Computed from JPL's orbital elements.

Facts

Number9359
Provisional designation1992 ED11
Orbit classMain-belt Asteroid
Diameter9.09 km (#5,691 largest of 17,440 named asteroids with a measured size)
Albedo0.126
Rotation period21.5 hours
Absolute magnitude (H)13.63
Orbital period4.23 years
Semi-major axis2.62 au
Perihelion – aphelion2.40 – 2.83 au
Eccentricity0.0833
Inclination8.49°
Closest distance between its orbit and Earth's (MOID)1.42 au

Data: NASA/JPL Small-Body Database and the IAU Minor Planet Center.

Also discovered on 6 March 1992

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