(204852) Frankfurt Main-belt Asteroid
Discovered on 15 September 2007 by Schwab, E., Kling, R. at Taunus.
Frankfurt am Main, birthplace of Goethe, Karl Schwarzschild and Otto Hahn, is the largest city in the German State of Hessen and the location of the European Central Bank.Naming citation (20090409/MPCPages.arc), IAU / Minor Planet Center, via NASA/JPL
Where Frankfurt is today
Seen from above the solar system on 2026-10-14: Frankfurt is 2.84 au from the Sun and 2.07 au from Earth. Computed from JPL's orbital elements.
Facts
| Number | 204852 |
| Provisional designation | 2007 RH133 |
| Orbit class | Main-belt Asteroid |
| Absolute magnitude (H) | 15.94 |
| Orbital period | 4.52 years |
| Semi-major axis | 2.73 au |
| Perihelion – aphelion | 2.58 – 2.88 au |
| Eccentricity | 0.0548 |
| Inclination | 16.4° |
| Closest distance between its orbit and Earth's (MOID) | 1.59 au |
Data: NASA/JPL Small-Body Database and the IAU Minor Planet Center.
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