(185321) Kammerlander Main-belt Asteroid

Discovered on 10 November 2006 by at Vallemare Borbona 105279 Casulli, V. S..

Hans Kammerlander (b. 1956) is an Italian mountaineer and explorer, who has climbed twelve of the world's fourteen 8000-m mountains.Naming citation (MPC batch dated 2017-06-09), IAU / Minor Planet Center, via NASA/JPL

Where Kammerlander is today

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Seen from above the solar system on 2026-10-14: Kammerlander is 2.77 au from the Sun and 2.17 au from Earth. Computed from JPL's orbital elements.

Facts

Number185321
Provisional designation2006 VJ2
Orbit classMain-belt Asteroid
Diameter2.96 km (#15,324 largest of 17,440 named asteroids with a measured size)
Albedo0.0800
Absolute magnitude (H)16.28
Orbital period4.16 years
Semi-major axis2.59 au
Perihelion – aphelion2.30 – 2.88 au
Eccentricity0.112
Inclination7.06°
Closest distance between its orbit and Earth's (MOID)1.31 au

Data: NASA/JPL Small-Body Database and the IAU Minor Planet Center.

Also named after someone called Hans

Also discovered on 10 November 2006