(535530) Gustavborn Main-belt Asteroid
Discovered on 16 January 2015 by Pan-STARRS 1 at Haleakala.
Gustav Born (1921–2018) was the son of Nobel Prize laureate Max Born. Gustav was a German pharmacologist who invented the Born aggregometer and revolutionized the study of platelets. He established the Gustav Born Prize for extraordinary achievements at the Max-Born-Gymnasium Backnang. Name suggested by L. Miletic and G. Dietze, who participated in the IASC.Naming citation (WGSBN Bull. 6, #1, 10), IAU / Minor Planet Center, via NASA/JPL
Where Gustavborn is today
Seen from above the solar system on 2026-10-14: Gustavborn is 2.30 au from the Sun and 3.27 au from Earth. Computed from JPL's orbital elements.
Facts
| Number | 535530 |
| Provisional designation | 2015 BQ26 |
| Orbit class | Main-belt Asteroid |
| Absolute magnitude (H) | 18.13 |
| Orbital period | 3.78 years |
| Semi-major axis | 2.43 au |
| Perihelion – aphelion | 2.29 – 2.57 au |
| Eccentricity | 0.0572 |
| Inclination | 8.18° |
| Closest distance between its orbit and Earth's (MOID) | 1.30 au |
Data: NASA/JPL Small-Body Database and the IAU Minor Planet Center.
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