(10469) Krohn Main-belt Asteroid
Discovered on 1 March 1981 by S. J. Bus at Siding Spring.
Katrin Krohn (b. 1984) is a researcher at the German Aerospace Center (DLR-Berlin) studying cryogenic flow features and cryovolcanism on Ceres using Dawn spacecraft data.Naming citation (MPC batch dated 2017-03-12), IAU / Minor Planet Center, via NASA/JPL
Where Krohn is today
Seen from above the solar system on 2026-10-14: Krohn is 2.53 au from the Sun and 2.12 au from Earth. Computed from JPL's orbital elements.
Facts
| Number | 10469 |
| Provisional designation | 1981 EE14 |
| Orbit class | Main-belt Asteroid |
| Diameter | 2.50 km (#16,262 largest of 17,440 named asteroids with a measured size) |
| Albedo | 0.258 |
| Absolute magnitude (H) | 15.45 |
| Orbital period | 3.60 years |
| Semi-major axis | 2.35 au |
| Perihelion – aphelion | 2.09 – 2.61 au |
| Eccentricity | 0.110 |
| Inclination | 6.36° |
| Closest distance between its orbit and Earth's (MOID) | 1.09 au |
Data: NASA/JPL Small-Body Database and the IAU Minor Planet Center.
Also named after someone called Katrin
All asteroids named after someone called Katrin
Also discovered on 1 March 1981
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- (3016) Meuse
- (3029) Sanders
- (3030) Vehrenberg
- (3042) Zelinsky
- (3058) Delmary
- (3075) Bornmann
- (3135) Lauer
- (3308) Ferreri
- (3472) Upgren
- (3498) Belton
- (3503) Brandt