(9562) Memling Main-belt Asteroid
Discovered on 1 September 1987 by E. W. Elst at La Silla.
Hans Memling (c. 1430–1494) was a Flemish painter from the famous Bruges School of painting. Known for his large triptych Adoration of the Magi, he made typical two-panel paintings, portraying the “donor” on one panel, gazing at the Madonna with Child on the other panel.Naming citation (WGSBN Bull. 3, #13, 9), IAU / Minor Planet Center, via NASA/JPL
Where Memling is today
Seen from above the solar system on 2026-10-14: Memling is 3.22 au from the Sun and 2.77 au from Earth. Computed from JPL's orbital elements.
Facts
| Number | 9562 |
| Provisional designation | 1987 RG |
| Orbit class | Main-belt Asteroid |
| Diameter | 17.7 km (#2,549 largest of 17,440 named asteroids with a measured size) |
| Albedo | 0.0520 |
| Absolute magnitude (H) | 12.65 |
| Orbital period | 5.45 years |
| Semi-major axis | 3.10 au |
| Perihelion – aphelion | 2.56 – 3.64 au |
| Eccentricity | 0.174 |
| Inclination | 3.53° |
| Closest distance between its orbit and Earth's (MOID) | 1.55 au |
Data: NASA/JPL Small-Body Database and the IAU Minor Planet Center.
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- (3692) Rickman
- (4991) Hansuess
- (5323) Fogh
- (5475) Hanskennedy
- (6847) Kunz-Hallstein
- (8122) Holbein
- (9689) Freudenthal
- (10542) Ruckers
- (12672) Nygardh
- (12729) Berger
- (13177) Hansschmidt
- (14025) Fallada
All asteroids named after someone called Hans
Also discovered on 1 September 1987
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- (3912) Troja
- (3918) Brel
- (4038) Kristina
- (4226) Damiaan
- (4342) Freud
- (4344) Buxtehude
- (4345) Rachmaninoff
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