(19970) Johannpeter Main-belt Asteroid
Discovered on 8 September 1988 by F. Borngen at Tautenburg.
Johann Peter Hebel (1760–1826), Heidelberg theologian and author of Alemannischen Gedichte (1803), collected his best-known stories in Schatzkästlein des rheinischen Hausfreundes (1811). His linguistic skills, humor, simplicity and emotionality established his popularity.Naming citation (WGSBN Bull. 3, #14, 5), IAU / Minor Planet Center, via NASA/JPL
Where Johannpeter is today
Seen from above the solar system on 2026-10-14: Johannpeter is 2.72 au from the Sun and 2.39 au from Earth. Computed from JPL's orbital elements.
Facts
| Number | 19970 |
| Provisional designation | 1988 RJ3 |
| Orbit class | Main-belt Asteroid |
| Diameter | 7.27 km (#7,349 largest of 17,440 named asteroids with a measured size) |
| Albedo | 0.0510 |
| Absolute magnitude (H) | 14.75 |
| Orbital period | 3.71 years |
| Semi-major axis | 2.40 au |
| Perihelion – aphelion | 2.02 – 2.78 au |
| Eccentricity | 0.159 |
| Inclination | 2.32° |
| Closest distance between its orbit and Earth's (MOID) | 1.00 au |
Data: NASA/JPL Small-Body Database and the IAU Minor Planet Center.
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