(208196) Matthiashahn Main-belt Asteroid
Discovered on 27 August 2000 by M. W. Buie at Cerro Tololo.
Matthias K. Hahn (b. 1984) is a German planetary scientist. He served as a Science Team Collaborator for the NASA New Horizons Mission to Pluto and the Kuiper Belt, contributing significantly to gravity and radiometer measurements at both Pluto and Arrokoth. He has also made contributions to comet science and served on the ESA Rosetta Mission.Naming citation (WGSBN Bull. 4, #4, 9), IAU / Minor Planet Center, via NASA/JPL
Where Matthiashahn is today
Seen from above the solar system on 2026-10-14: Matthiashahn is 3.44 au from the Sun and 4.41 au from Earth. Computed from JPL's orbital elements.
Facts
| Number | 208196 |
| Provisional designation | 2000 QM246 |
| Orbit class | Main-belt Asteroid |
| Diameter | 4.58 km (#11,473 largest of 17,440 named asteroids with a measured size) |
| Albedo | 0.0530 |
| Absolute magnitude (H) | 15.71 |
| Orbital period | 5.58 years |
| Semi-major axis | 3.15 au |
| Perihelion – aphelion | 2.60 – 3.69 au |
| Eccentricity | 0.172 |
| Inclination | 2.52° |
| Closest distance between its orbit and Earth's (MOID) | 1.59 au |
Data: NASA/JPL Small-Body Database and the IAU Minor Planet Center.
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