(120460) Hambach Main-belt Asteroid
Discovered on 13 October 1990 by Borngen, F., Schmadel, L. D. at Tautenburg.
The Hambach Festival in 1832 was a great meeting of about 30~000 liberals and democrats, among them many members of a Burschenschaft. They demonstrated and asked firmly for a free and united Germany. The meeting place was the Maxburg castle above the Hambach village near Neustadt on the Weinstrasse.Naming citation (20060613/MPCPages.arc), IAU / Minor Planet Center, via NASA/JPL
Where Hambach is today
Seen from above the solar system on 2026-10-14: Hambach is 2.08 au from the Sun and 2.02 au from Earth. Computed from JPL's orbital elements.
Facts
| Number | 120460 |
| Provisional designation | 1990 TD7 |
| Orbit class | Main-belt Asteroid |
| Absolute magnitude (H) | 16.5 |
| Orbital period | 3.65 years |
| Semi-major axis | 2.37 au |
| Perihelion – aphelion | 1.79 – 2.95 au |
| Eccentricity | 0.244 |
| Inclination | 3.39° |
| Closest distance between its orbit and Earth's (MOID) | 0.794 au |
Data: NASA/JPL Small-Body Database and the IAU Minor Planet Center.
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