(8053) Kleist Main-belt Asteroid
Discovered on 25 September 1960 by van Houten, C. J., van Houten-Groeneveld, I., Gehrels, T. at Palomar.
Heinrich von Kleist (1777-1811) was a prolific writer who was not known during his lifetime. He traveled throughout Europe, living in Dresden and Königsberg, where he studied the philosophy of Kant. In 1811 he committed suicide together with his girlfriend. His plays, including Das Kätchen von Heilbronn, Prinz von Homburg and the popular Der zerbrochene Krug, are highly regarded nowadays, as are his novels and short stories.Naming citation (19990402/MPCPages.arc), IAU / Minor Planet Center, via NASA/JPL
Where Kleist is today
Seen from above the solar system on 2026-10-14: Kleist is 2.53 au from the Sun and 1.79 au from Earth. Computed from JPL's orbital elements.
Facts
| Number | 8053 |
| Provisional designation | 4082 P-L |
| Orbit class | Main-belt Asteroid |
| Diameter | 5.03 km (#10,547 largest of 17,440 named asteroids with a measured size) |
| Albedo | 0.253 |
| Rotation period | 4.17 hours |
| Absolute magnitude (H) | 13.87 |
| Orbital period | 3.69 years |
| Semi-major axis | 2.39 au |
| Perihelion – aphelion | 2.00 – 2.77 au |
| Eccentricity | 0.161 |
| Inclination | 1.57° |
| Closest distance between its orbit and Earth's (MOID) | 0.993 au |
Data: NASA/JPL Small-Body Database and the IAU Minor Planet Center.
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