(16418) Lortzing Main-belt Asteroid
Discovered on 29 September 1987 by F. Borngen at Tautenburg.
Albert Lortzing (1801-1851), who was born and died in Berlin, was a singer, an actor and later a conductor in Leipzig, Vienna and Berlin. His romantic-comic operas (Zar und Zimmermann, Der Wildschütz, Undine, Der Waffenschmied) became very popular and are full of humor. He mainly wrote the libretti himself.Naming citation (20010309/MPCPages.arc), IAU / Minor Planet Center, via NASA/JPL
Where Lortzing is today
Seen from above the solar system on 2026-10-14: Lortzing is 2.15 au from the Sun and 2.84 au from Earth. Computed from JPL's orbital elements.
Facts
| Number | 16418 |
| Provisional designation | 1987 SD10 |
| Orbit class | Main-belt Asteroid |
| Diameter | 4.74 km (#11,137 largest of 17,440 named asteroids with a measured size) |
| Albedo | 0.126 |
| Rotation period | 11.3 hours |
| Absolute magnitude (H) | 14.16 |
| Orbital period | 3.43 years |
| Semi-major axis | 2.28 au |
| Perihelion – aphelion | 2.15 – 2.40 au |
| Eccentricity | 0.0561 |
| Inclination | 8.10° |
| Closest distance between its orbit and Earth's (MOID) | 1.16 au |
Data: NASA/JPL Small-Body Database and the IAU Minor Planet Center.
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