(89909) Linie Main-belt Asteroid

Discovered on 8 March 2002 by KLENOT at Klet.

Linie was the avant-garde association of artists active in České Budějovice from 1931 to 1939. Its work covered the full range of art disciplines. Its rich international contacts, including connection to the Bauhaus, resulted in the exhibition of L. Moholy-Nagy in České Budějovice in 1936.Naming citation (20070601/MPCPages.arc), IAU / Minor Planet Center, via NASA/JPL

Where Linie is today

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Seen from above the solar system on 2026-10-14: Linie is 3.32 au from the Sun and 2.67 au from Earth. Computed from JPL's orbital elements.

Facts

Number89909
Provisional designation2002 ET2
Orbit classMain-belt Asteroid
Diameter5.24 km (#10,157 largest of 17,440 named asteroids with a measured size)
Albedo0.0530
Absolute magnitude (H)15.39
Orbital period5.52 years
Semi-major axis3.12 au
Perihelion – aphelion2.82 – 3.43 au
Eccentricity0.0975
Inclination1.60°
Closest distance between its orbit and Earth's (MOID)1.82 au

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

Also discovered on 8 March 2002

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