(242648) Fribourg Main-belt Asteroid
Discovered on 13 July 2005 by P. Kocher at Marly.
Fribourg is a young, dynamic and bilingual region of Switzerland near the capital, Bern.Naming citation (WGSBN Bull. 2, #7, 6), IAU / Minor Planet Center, via NASA/JPL
Where Fribourg is today
Seen from above the solar system on 2026-10-14: Fribourg is 2.55 au from the Sun and 2.43 au from Earth. Computed from JPL's orbital elements.
Facts
| Number | 242648 |
| Provisional designation | 2005 NQ63 |
| Orbit class | Main-belt Asteroid |
| Diameter | 4.03 km (#12,655 largest of 17,440 named asteroids with a measured size) |
| Albedo | 0.0390 |
| Absolute magnitude (H) | 16.2 |
| Orbital period | 5.27 years |
| Semi-major axis | 3.03 au |
| Perihelion – aphelion | 2.32 – 3.74 au |
| Eccentricity | 0.235 |
| Inclination | 9.36° |
| Closest distance between its orbit and Earth's (MOID) | 1.31 au |
Data: NASA/JPL Small-Body Database and the IAU Minor Planet Center.