(18359) Jakobstaude Main-belt Asteroid
Discovered on 13 October 1990 by Schmadel, L. D., Borngen, F. at Tautenburg.
Jakob Staude (b. 1944) is staff astronomer at the Heidelberg Max Planck Institute for Astronomy and a well-known expert on star formation. Since 1981 Staude has also served as editor-in-chief of the German journal Sterne und Weltraum. The name was suggested by the first discoverer.Naming citation (20040713/MPCPages.arc), IAU / Minor Planet Center, via NASA/JPL
Where Jakobstaude is today
Seen from above the solar system on 2026-10-14: Jakobstaude is 2.67 au from the Sun and 2.96 au from Earth. Computed from JPL's orbital elements.
Facts
| Number | 18359 |
| Provisional designation | 1990 TL7 |
| Orbit class | Main-belt Asteroid |
| Diameter | 3.57 km (#13,784 largest of 17,440 named asteroids with a measured size) |
| Albedo | 0.290 |
| Absolute magnitude (H) | 14.49 |
| Orbital period | 5.00 years |
| Semi-major axis | 2.93 au |
| Perihelion – aphelion | 2.65 – 3.20 au |
| Eccentricity | 0.0952 |
| Inclination | 1.19° |
| Closest distance between its orbit and Earth's (MOID) | 1.66 au |
Data: NASA/JPL Small-Body Database and the IAU Minor Planet Center.
Also named after someone called Jakob
All asteroids named after someone called Jakob
Also discovered on 13 October 1990
- (7414) Bosch
- (7580) Schwabhausen
- (7700) Rote Kapelle
- (8089) Yukar
- (8501) Wachholz
- (10090) Sikorsky
- (11050) Messiaen
- (13954) Born
- (14871) Pyramus
- (15263) Erwingroten
- (17458) Dick
- (17459) Andreashofer
More named asteroids discovered by Schmadel, L. D., Borngen, F.
- (5628) Preussen
- (6044) Hammer-Purgstall
- (6157) Prey
- (6457) Kremsmunster
- (6718) Beiglbock
- (6966) Vietoris
- (7414) Bosch
- (7586) Bismarck
- (7767) Tomatic
- (8019) Karachkina
- (8089) Yukar
- (8501) Wachholz
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