(17486) Hodler Main-belt Asteroid
Discovered on 10 September 1991 by F. Borngen at Tautenburg.
Ferdinand Hodler (1853-1918) founded modern Swiss painting with his use of allegorical themes, historical events, sights of the Alps, lakes and portraits. His monumental 1907-1908 mural Marching out of the Jenense students in the war of liberation in 1813 adorns the aula of Jena University.Naming citation (20010309/MPCPages.arc), IAU / Minor Planet Center, via NASA/JPL
Where Hodler is today
Seen from above the solar system on 2026-10-14: Hodler is 1.88 au from the Sun and 2.31 au from Earth. Computed from JPL's orbital elements.
Facts
| Number | 17486 |
| Provisional designation | 1991 RB41 |
| Orbit class | Main-belt Asteroid |
| Diameter | 4.94 km (#10,719 largest of 17,440 named asteroids with a measured size) |
| Albedo | 0.0950 |
| Rotation period | 4.81 hours |
| Absolute magnitude (H) | 14.82 |
| Orbital period | 4.45 years |
| Semi-major axis | 2.70 au |
| Perihelion – aphelion | 1.82 – 3.59 au |
| Eccentricity | 0.328 |
| Inclination | 9.06° |
| Closest distance between its orbit and Earth's (MOID) | 0.816 au |
Data: NASA/JPL Small-Body Database and the IAU Minor Planet Center.
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