(24666) Miesvanrohe Main-belt Asteroid
Discovered on 8 September 1988 by F. Borngen at Tautenburg.
Ludwig Mies van der Rohe (1886-1969), some time director of the Bauhaus in Dessau, emigrated in 1938 and worked for 20 years at the Illinois Institute of Technology in Chicago. He is one of the leading personalities forming the modern architectural style, thereby treading new revolutionary paths.Naming citation (20010804/MPCPages.arc), IAU / Minor Planet Center, via NASA/JPL
Where Miesvanrohe is today
Seen from above the solar system on 2026-10-14: Miesvanrohe is 3.14 au from the Sun and 3.08 au from Earth. Computed from JPL's orbital elements.
Facts
| Number | 24666 |
| Provisional designation | 1988 RZ3 |
| Orbit class | Main-belt Asteroid |
| Diameter | 4.39 km (#11,855 largest of 17,440 named asteroids with a measured size) |
| Albedo | 0.0840 |
| Absolute magnitude (H) | 15.27 |
| Orbital period | 4.61 years |
| Semi-major axis | 2.77 au |
| Perihelion – aphelion | 2.16 – 3.38 au |
| Eccentricity | 0.221 |
| Inclination | 2.00° |
| Closest distance between its orbit and Earth's (MOID) | 1.15 au |
Data: NASA/JPL Small-Body Database and the IAU Minor Planet Center.
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