(104020) Heilbronn Main-belt Asteroid
Discovered on 26 February 2000 by T. Pauwels at Uccle.
The city of Heilbronn is located on the Neckar river in the German federal state of Baden-Württemberg. It was the home of Julius Robert von Mayer, and houses Experimenta, the largest science center in Germany.Naming citation (WGSBN Bull. 3, #13, 14), IAU / Minor Planet Center, via NASA/JPL
Where Heilbronn is today
Seen from above the solar system on 2026-10-14: Heilbronn is 3.02 au from the Sun and 2.07 au from Earth. Computed from JPL's orbital elements.
Facts
| Number | 104020 |
| Provisional designation | 2000 DL110 |
| Orbit class | Main-belt Asteroid |
| Diameter | 4.23 km (#12,205 largest of 17,440 named asteroids with a measured size) |
| Albedo | 0.0750 |
| Absolute magnitude (H) | 15.69 |
| Orbital period | 4.68 years |
| Semi-major axis | 2.80 au |
| Perihelion – aphelion | 2.42 – 3.18 au |
| Eccentricity | 0.137 |
| Inclination | 4.45° |
| Closest distance between its orbit and Earth's (MOID) | 1.42 au |
Data: NASA/JPL Small-Body Database and the IAU Minor Planet Center.
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