(266051) Hannawieser Main-belt Asteroid

Discovered on 1 July 2006 by M. Griesser at Winterthur.

Hanna Wieser (b. 1957) is a Swiss violinist and a long-time member of the orchestra “Musikkollegium Winterthur” (founded in 1629). She is also a renowned violin teacher and conductor of the St. Arbogast Church Orchestra in Oberwinterthur.Naming citation (20110715/MPCPages.arc), IAU / Minor Planet Center, via NASA/JPL

Where Hannawieser is today

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Seen from above the solar system on 2026-10-14: Hannawieser is 3.40 au from the Sun and 3.06 au from Earth. Computed from JPL's orbital elements.

Facts

Number266051
Provisional designation2006 NB
Orbit classMain-belt Asteroid
Diameter5.17 km (#10,301 largest of 17,440 named asteroids with a measured size)
Albedo0.0290
Absolute magnitude (H)15.84
Orbital period5.63 years
Semi-major axis3.16 au
Perihelion – aphelion2.48 – 3.85 au
Eccentricity0.217
Inclination26.1°
Closest distance between its orbit and Earth's (MOID)1.64 au

Data: NASA/JPL Small-Body Database and the IAU Minor Planet Center.

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