(23111) Fritzperls Main-belt Asteroid
Discovered on 2 January 2000 by C. W. Juels at Fountain Hills.
Frederick “Fritz” Perls (1893-1970) was a German physician and psychiatrist who moved to the U.S. in 1946, where he developed a new method of psychotherapy he called Gestalt Therapy. Two of his books are Gestalt Therapy Verbatim and his autobiography In and Out of the Garbage Pail, both published in 1969.Naming citation (20010804/MPCPages.arc), IAU / Minor Planet Center, via NASA/JPL
Where Fritzperls is today
Seen from above the solar system on 2026-10-14: Fritzperls is 2.41 au from the Sun and 2.72 au from Earth. Computed from JPL's orbital elements.
Facts
| Number | 23111 |
| Provisional designation | 2000 AG |
| Orbit class | Main-belt Asteroid |
| Absolute magnitude (H) | 14.24 |
| Orbital period | 3.55 years |
| Semi-major axis | 2.33 au |
| Perihelion – aphelion | 2.20 – 2.45 au |
| Eccentricity | 0.0540 |
| Inclination | 6.85° |
| Closest distance between its orbit and Earth's (MOID) | 1.22 au |
Data: NASA/JPL Small-Body Database and the IAU Minor Planet Center.
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