(13977) Frisch Main-belt Asteroid
Discovered on 29 April 1992 by F. Borngen at Tautenburg.
Austrian zoologist Karl Ritter von Frisch (1886-1982) did fundamental investigations on fish and honey-bees. He studied the orientation of bees following colors, shapes, odors, the sun and polarized light. He received the 1973 Nobel prize for medicine.Naming citation (20000726/MPCPages.arc), IAU / Minor Planet Center, via NASA/JPL
Where Frisch is today
Seen from above the solar system on 2026-10-14: Frisch is 2.95 au from the Sun and 3.69 au from Earth. Computed from JPL's orbital elements.
Facts
| Number | 13977 |
| Provisional designation | 1992 HJ7 |
| Orbit class | Main-belt Asteroid |
| Diameter | 9.26 km (#5,575 largest of 17,440 named asteroids with a measured size) |
| Albedo | 0.156 |
| Rotation period | 5.00 hours |
| Absolute magnitude (H) | 12.5 |
| Orbital period | 3.89 years |
| Semi-major axis | 2.47 au |
| Perihelion – aphelion | 2.00 – 2.95 au |
| Eccentricity | 0.192 |
| Inclination | 15.7° |
| Closest distance between its orbit and Earth's (MOID) | 1.02 au |
Data: NASA/JPL Small-Body Database and the IAU Minor Planet Center.
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