(9079) Gesner Main-belt Asteroid
Discovered on 10 August 1994 by E. W. Elst at La Silla.
Conrad Gesner (1516-1565) was a versatile Swiss scientist well-known for his research on animals and plants. Between 1551 and 1558 his monumental Historia animalium, which distinguished facts from myths, was published. A similar survey of plant life (1500 wood engravings of plants, seeds and flowers) was never completed.Naming citation (20030106/MPCPages.arc), IAU / Minor Planet Center, via NASA/JPL
Where Gesner is today
Seen from above the solar system on 2026-10-14: Gesner is 3.07 au from the Sun and 2.23 au from Earth. Computed from JPL's orbital elements.
Facts
| Number | 9079 |
| Provisional designation | 1994 PC34 |
| Orbit class | Main-belt Asteroid |
| Diameter | 8.79 km (#5,920 largest of 17,440 named asteroids with a measured size) |
| Albedo | 0.144 |
| Absolute magnitude (H) | 13.23 |
| Orbital period | 5.17 years |
| Semi-major axis | 2.99 au |
| Perihelion – aphelion | 2.77 – 3.21 au |
| Eccentricity | 0.0726 |
| Inclination | 10.4° |
| Closest distance between its orbit and Earth's (MOID) | 1.77 au |
Data: NASA/JPL Small-Body Database and the IAU Minor Planet Center.
Also named after someone called Conrad
All asteroids named after someone called Conrad
Also discovered on 10 August 1994
- (6836) Paranal
- (7661) Reincken
- (7960) Condorcet
- (8205) Van Dijck
- (8890) Montaigne
- (9205) Eddywally
- (9392) Cavaillon
- (9393) Apta
- (9394) Manosque
- (9395) Saint Michel
- (9638) Fuchs
- (9639) Scherer
More named asteroids discovered by E. W. Elst
- (3631) Sigyn
- (3784) Chopin
- (3870) Mayre
- (3903) Kliment Ohridski
- (3910) Liszt
- (3912) Troja
- (3918) Brel
- (4038) Kristina
- (4226) Damiaan
- (4342) Freud
- (4344) Buxtehude
- (4345) Rachmaninoff
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