(243536) Mannheim Main-belt Asteroid

Discovered on 15 March 2010 by E. Schwab at Moorook.

Mannheim is a German city in the federal state of Baden-Württemberg, where Karl Benz appeared on the streets with his first car in 1886. The Mannheim Observatory, which was in operation from 1772 to 1880, was visited by well-known people, such as Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart and Benjamin Franklin.Naming citation (20100923/MPCPages.arc), IAU / Minor Planet Center, via NASA/JPL

Where Mannheim is today

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Seen from above the solar system on 2026-10-14: Mannheim is 3.09 au from the Sun and 4.04 au from Earth. Computed from JPL's orbital elements.

Facts

Number243536
Provisional designation2010 EQ111
Orbit classMain-belt Asteroid
Diameter3.51 km (#13,933 largest of 17,440 named asteroids with a measured size)
Albedo0.0990
Absolute magnitude (H)15.73
Orbital period5.48 years
Semi-major axis3.11 au
Perihelion – aphelion2.77 – 3.45 au
Eccentricity0.109
Inclination7.73°
Closest distance between its orbit and Earth's (MOID)1.76 au

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

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