(780137) Gatterer Main-belt Asteroid
Discovered on 16 April 2012 by R. P. Boyle K. Äernis at Mount Graham.
Alois Gatterer, S.J. (1886–1953), an Austrian Jesuit, founded and directed the Specola Vaticana's Astrophysical Laboratory from 1933 to 1953. A spectroscopy expert, he compiled influential spectral atlases and founded the journal Spectrochimica Acta in 1939.Naming citation (WGSBN Bull. 6, #2, 14), IAU / Minor Planet Center, via NASA/JPL
Where Gatterer is today
Seen from above the solar system on 2026-10-14: Gatterer is 3.24 au from the Sun and 3.39 au from Earth. Computed from JPL's orbital elements.
Facts
| Number | 780137 |
| Provisional designation | 2012 HK91 |
| Orbit class | Main-belt Asteroid |
| Absolute magnitude (H) | 18.33 |
| Orbital period | 4.49 years |
| Semi-major axis | 2.72 au |
| Perihelion – aphelion | 2.05 – 3.40 au |
| Eccentricity | 0.248 |
| Inclination | 10.0° |
| Closest distance between its orbit and Earth's (MOID) | 1.09 au |
Data: NASA/JPL Small-Body Database and the IAU Minor Planet Center.
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