(10549) Helsingborg Main-belt Asteroid
Discovered on 2 September 1992 by E. W. Elst at La Silla.
Helsingborg is a town in southern Sweden at the narrowest part of the Öresund. It is the most convenient place for motor traffic to cross to and from the European continent by ferry. In honor of Tycho Brahe, who had his observatory in the vicinity, an appropriate monument has been erected there.Naming citation (20000320/MPCPages.arc), IAU / Minor Planet Center, via NASA/JPL
Where Helsingborg is today
Seen from above the solar system on 2026-10-14: Helsingborg is 2.86 au from the Sun and 3.03 au from Earth. Computed from JPL's orbital elements.
Facts
| Number | 10549 |
| Provisional designation | 1992 RM2 |
| Orbit class | Main-belt Asteroid |
| Diameter | 4.19 km (#12,294 largest of 17,440 named asteroids with a measured size) |
| Albedo | 0.210 |
| Absolute magnitude (H) | 14.16 |
| Orbital period | 4.10 years |
| Semi-major axis | 2.56 au |
| Perihelion – aphelion | 2.13 – 2.99 au |
| Eccentricity | 0.170 |
| Inclination | 13.7° |
| Closest distance between its orbit and Earth's (MOID) | 1.12 au |
Data: NASA/JPL Small-Body Database and the IAU Minor Planet Center.
Also discovered on 2 September 1992
- (6457) Kremsmunster
- (7425) Lessing
- (7881) Schieferdecker
- (8291) Bingham
- (8524) Paoloruffini
- (8525) Nielsabel
- (9365) Chinesewilson
- (9610) Vischer
- (9611) Anouck
- (10550) Malmo
- (11073) Cavell
- (11298) Gide
More named asteroids discovered by E. W. Elst
- (3631) Sigyn
- (3784) Chopin
- (3870) Mayre
- (3903) Kliment Ohridski
- (3910) Liszt
- (3912) Troja
- (3918) Brel
- (4038) Kristina
- (4226) Damiaan
- (4342) Freud
- (4344) Buxtehude
- (4345) Rachmaninoff
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