(27865) Ludgerfroebel Main-belt Asteroid
Discovered on 30 March 1995 by Mottola, S., Koldewey, E. at La Silla.
Ludger Froebel (b. 1958) has been the leader of several space projects and the manager of the “Space Transport and Space Technology” program at the German Aerospace Center (DLR). He initiated the DLR Compact Satellite Program, including the AsteroidFinder mission that will be searching for inner-earth objects.Naming citation (20100527/MPCPages.arc), IAU / Minor Planet Center, via NASA/JPL
Where Ludgerfroebel is today
Seen from above the solar system on 2026-10-14: Ludgerfroebel is 2.86 au from the Sun and 3.84 au from Earth. Computed from JPL's orbital elements.
Facts
| Number | 27865 |
| Provisional designation | 1995 FQ |
| Orbit class | Main-belt Asteroid |
| Diameter | 7.53 km (#7,080 largest of 17,440 named asteroids with a measured size) |
| Albedo | 0.0940 |
| Absolute magnitude (H) | 14.27 |
| Orbital period | 4.52 years |
| Semi-major axis | 2.73 au |
| Perihelion – aphelion | 2.42 – 3.05 au |
| Eccentricity | 0.116 |
| Inclination | 13.2° |
| Closest distance between its orbit and Earth's (MOID) | 1.42 au |
Data: NASA/JPL Small-Body Database and the IAU Minor Planet Center.