(2049) Grietje Inner Main-belt Asteroid
Discovered on 29 September 1973 by T. Gehrels at Palomar.
Named in honor of Mrs. G. A. M. Haring-Gehrels, an exceptional person.Naming citation (MPC 5282), IAU / Minor Planet Center, via NASA/JPL
Where Grietje is today
Seen from above the solar system on 2026-10-14: Grietje is 2.10 au from the Sun and 3.07 au from Earth. Computed from JPL's orbital elements.
Facts
| Number | 2049 |
| Provisional designation | 1973 SH |
| Orbit class | Inner Main-belt Asteroid |
| Diameter | 2.46 km (#16,342 largest of 17,440 named asteroids with a measured size) |
| Albedo | 0.168 |
| Rotation period | 8.91 hours |
| Absolute magnitude (H) | 15.2 |
| Orbital period | 2.72 years |
| Semi-major axis | 1.95 au |
| Perihelion – aphelion | 1.79 – 2.11 au |
| Eccentricity | 0.0841 |
| Inclination | 24.4° |
| Closest distance between its orbit and Earth's (MOID) | 0.806 au |
Data: NASA/JPL Small-Body Database and the IAU Minor Planet Center.
Also discovered on 29 September 1973
- (4357) Korinthos
- (4549) Burkhardt
- (4721) Atahualpa
- (4752) Myron
- (4876) Strabo
- (4978) Seitz
- (5151) Weerstra
- (5197) Rottmann
- (5243) Clasien
- (5244) Amphilochos
- (5266) Rauch
- (5297) Schinkel
More named asteroids discovered by T. Gehrels
- (1864) Daedalus
- (1877) Marsden
- (1921) Pala
- (2272) Montezuma
- (2643) Bernhard
- (5040) Rabinowitz
- (10667) van Marxveldt
- (23403) Boudewijnbuch
- (23404) Bomans
- (27657) Berkhey
- (46513) Ampzing
- (52226) Saenredam
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