(36169) Grosseteste Main-belt Asteroid
Discovered on 11 September 1999 by LONEOS at Anderson Mesa.
Robert Grosseteste (1175-1253) was an English statesman, natural philosopher and theologian. His commentaries on Aristotle underlaid what was to become the scientific method: generalizing from observations to universal laws, and then using those laws to predict outcomes.Naming citation (20120703/MPCPages.arc), IAU / Minor Planet Center, via NASA/JPL
Where Grosseteste is today
Seen from above the solar system on 2026-10-14: Grosseteste is 3.21 au from the Sun and 3.03 au from Earth. Computed from JPL's orbital elements.
Facts
| Number | 36169 |
| Provisional designation | 1999 RG240 |
| Orbit class | Main-belt Asteroid |
| Absolute magnitude (H) | 13.95 |
| Orbital period | 5.14 years |
| Semi-major axis | 2.98 au |
| Perihelion – aphelion | 2.74 – 3.22 au |
| Eccentricity | 0.0808 |
| Inclination | 12.3° |
| Closest distance between its orbit and Earth's (MOID) | 1.72 au |
Data: NASA/JPL Small-Body Database and the IAU Minor Planet Center.
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