(18241) Genzel Main-belt Asteroid
Discovered on 29 September 1973 by van Houten, C. J., van Houten-Groeneveld, I., Gehrels, T. at Palomar.
Reinhard Genzel (b. 1952), director of the Max-Planck Institut für Extraterrestrische Physik and professor at the University of California at Berkeley, is known for his pioneering work in infrared astronomy and his quest to discover the presence of a black hole in the Galactic Center.Naming citation (20050919/MPCPages.arc), IAU / Minor Planet Center, via NASA/JPL
Where Genzel is today
Seen from above the solar system on 2026-10-14: Genzel is 2.73 au from the Sun and 3.11 au from Earth. Computed from JPL's orbital elements.
Facts
| Number | 18241 |
| Provisional designation | 1325 T-2 |
| Orbit class | Main-belt Asteroid |
| Absolute magnitude (H) | 14.08 |
| Orbital period | 4.50 years |
| Semi-major axis | 2.73 au |
| Perihelion – aphelion | 2.54 – 2.91 au |
| Eccentricity | 0.0684 |
| Inclination | 5.19° |
| Closest distance between its orbit and Earth's (MOID) | 1.54 au |
Data: NASA/JPL Small-Body Database and the IAU Minor Planet Center.
Also named after someone called Reinhard
All asteroids named after someone called Reinhard
Also discovered on 29 September 1973
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- (4357) Korinthos
- (4549) Burkhardt
- (4721) Atahualpa
- (4752) Myron
- (4876) Strabo
- (4978) Seitz
- (5151) Weerstra
- (5197) Rottmann
- (5243) Clasien
- (5244) Amphilochos
- (5266) Rauch
More named asteroids discovered by van Houten, C. J., van Houten-Groeneveld, I., Gehrels, T.
- (1743) Schmidt
- (1744) Harriet
- (1776) Kuiper
- (1777) Gehrels
- (1778) Alfven
- (1795) Woltjer
- (1808) Bellerophon
- (1809) Prometheus
- (1810) Epimetheus
- (1811) Bruwer
- (1812) Gilgamesh
- (1813) Imhotep
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