(36800) Katarinawitt Main-belt Asteroid
Discovered on 28 September 2000 by J. Kandler at Drebach.
Katarina Witt (b. 1965) is a world-famous German figure skater. She was Olympic Champion in Sarajevo (1984) and in Calgary (1988) and four-time World Figure Skating Champion. In 1999, she was elected “Ice Skater of the Century” in Germany.Naming citation (20050721/MPCPages.arc), IAU / Minor Planet Center, via NASA/JPL
Where Katarinawitt is today
Seen from above the solar system on 2026-10-14: Katarinawitt is 2.28 au from the Sun and 3.22 au from Earth. Computed from JPL's orbital elements.
Facts
| Number | 36800 |
| Provisional designation | 2000 SF45 |
| Orbit class | Main-belt Asteroid |
| Diameter | 2.50 km (#16,271 largest of 17,440 named asteroids with a measured size) |
| Albedo | 0.236 |
| Absolute magnitude (H) | 15.47 |
| Orbital period | 3.41 years |
| Semi-major axis | 2.26 au |
| Perihelion – aphelion | 2.00 – 2.52 au |
| Eccentricity | 0.115 |
| Inclination | 5.17° |
| Closest distance between its orbit and Earth's (MOID) | 0.999 au |
Data: NASA/JPL Small-Body Database and the IAU Minor Planet Center.
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