(201308) Hansgrade Main-belt Asteroid
Discovered on 10 October 2002 by M. Kretlow at Trebur.
Aviation pioneer Hans Grade (1879-1946) made the first controlled engine-powered flight in Germany with a homemade aircraft in 1908. The following year he won the Lanz aviation award flying another homemade aircraft, and in 1910 he launched an aircraft factory and the first German flight school.Naming citation (20090209/MPCPages.arc), IAU / Minor Planet Center, via NASA/JPL
Where Hansgrade is today
Seen from above the solar system on 2026-10-14: Hansgrade is 3.51 au from the Sun and 4.33 au from Earth. Computed from JPL's orbital elements.
Facts
| Number | 201308 |
| Provisional designation | 2002 TK69 |
| Orbit class | Main-belt Asteroid |
| Diameter | 5.15 km (#10,351 largest of 17,440 named asteroids with a measured size) |
| Albedo | 0.0420 |
| Absolute magnitude (H) | 15.86 |
| Orbital period | 5.44 years |
| Semi-major axis | 3.09 au |
| Perihelion – aphelion | 2.68 – 3.51 au |
| Eccentricity | 0.134 |
| Inclination | 2.05° |
| Closest distance between its orbit and Earth's (MOID) | 1.67 au |
Data: NASA/JPL Small-Body Database and the IAU Minor Planet Center.
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