(6457) Kremsmunster Main-belt Asteroid

Discovered on 2 September 1992 by Schmadel, L. D., Borngen, F. at Tautenburg.

Named as a celestial tribute to the famous Benedictine monastery, educational center and observatory in Austria. A place of scientific effort in many disciplines, the Kremsmünster Observatory remains one of the most outstanding cultural institutions in Austria---even a quarter of a millennium after its founding. This planet is also named in memory of Abbot Augustin Reslhuber (1808-1875), an ardent observer to whom it was not granted to discover a minor planet himself. Named by the first discoverer and citation prepared with the support of Father Amand Kraml.Naming citation (19980411/MPCPages.arc), IAU / Minor Planet Center, via NASA/JPL

Where Kremsmunster is today

Seen from above the solar system on 2026-10-14: Kremsmunster is 2.71 au from the Sun and 1.98 au from Earth. Computed from JPL's orbital elements.

Facts

Number	6457
Provisional designation	1992 RT
Orbit class	Main-belt Asteroid
Diameter	7.02 km (#7,617 largest of 17,440 named asteroids with a measured size)
Albedo	0.206
Rotation period	3.87 hours
Absolute magnitude (H)	13.37
Orbital period	4.89 years
Semi-major axis	2.88 au
Perihelion – aphelion	2.68 – 3.09 au
Eccentricity	0.0715
Inclination	2.94°
Closest distance between its orbit and Earth's (MOID)	1.68 au

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

Also discovered on 2 September 1992

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