(353903) Kudritzki Main-belt Asteroid
Discovered on 19 November 2001 by LINEAR at Socorro.
Rolf-Peter Kudritzki (b. 1945) is a German astronomer who studies extragalactic stellar spectroscopy. Kudritzki obtained his PhD at the Technical University of Berlin (1973) and was Director of the Institute for Astronomy and Astrophysics at the University of Munich (1982–2000) and Director of the University of Hawaii's Institute for Astronomy (2000–2010).Naming citation (WGSBN Bull. 5, #14, 9), IAU / Minor Planet Center, via NASA/JPL
Where Kudritzki is today
Seen from above the solar system on 2026-10-14: Kudritzki is 3.07 au from the Sun and 3.36 au from Earth. Computed from JPL's orbital elements.
Facts
| Number | 353903 |
| Provisional designation | 2012 XN58 |
| Orbit class | Main-belt Asteroid |
| Absolute magnitude (H) | 15.75 |
| Orbital period | 5.38 years |
| Semi-major axis | 3.07 au |
| Perihelion – aphelion | 2.96 – 3.19 au |
| Eccentricity | 0.0375 |
| Inclination | 8.40° |
| Closest distance between its orbit and Earth's (MOID) | 1.96 au |
Data: NASA/JPL Small-Body Database and the IAU Minor Planet Center.
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