(48457) Joseffried Main-belt Asteroid
Discovered on 12 September 1991 by Schmadel, L. D., Borngen, F. at Tautenburg.
Josef W. Fried (b. 1948) is a German astronomer at the Heidelberg Max-Planck-Institut für Astronomie who was heavily involved in several instrumentation projects for the Calar Alto telescopes. Fried studied high-redshift quasars and tidal streams in our galaxy. He is an enthusiastic motorcyclist.Naming citation (MPC batch dated 2013-04-25), IAU / Minor Planet Center, via NASA/JPL
Where Joseffried is today
Seen from above the solar system on 2026-10-14: Joseffried is 2.18 au from the Sun and 2.44 au from Earth. Computed from JPL's orbital elements.
Facts
| Number | 48457 |
| Provisional designation | 1991 RO3 |
| Orbit class | Main-belt Asteroid |
| Absolute magnitude (H) | 15.37 |
| Orbital period | 3.58 years |
| Semi-major axis | 2.34 au |
| Perihelion – aphelion | 2.16 – 2.51 au |
| Eccentricity | 0.0748 |
| Inclination | 6.30° |
| Closest distance between its orbit and Earth's (MOID) | 1.16 au |
Data: NASA/JPL Small-Body Database and the IAU Minor Planet Center.
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