(101960) Molau Main-belt Asteroid
Discovered on 11 September 1999 by A. Knofel at Drebach.
Sirko Molau (b. 1971) is a software programmer who developed software for the real-time detection of meteors on a video stream. He organized a video meteor network in the International Meteor Organization.Naming citation (20120207/MPCPages.arc), IAU / Minor Planet Center, via NASA/JPL
Where Molau is today
Seen from above the solar system on 2026-10-14: Molau is 2.34 au from the Sun and 3.30 au from Earth. Computed from JPL's orbital elements.
Facts
| Number | 101960 |
| Provisional designation | 1999 RR38 |
| Orbit class | Main-belt Asteroid |
| Absolute magnitude (H) | 17.17 |
| Orbital period | 3.51 years |
| Semi-major axis | 2.31 au |
| Perihelion – aphelion | 1.79 – 2.83 au |
| Eccentricity | 0.226 |
| Inclination | 0.376° |
| Closest distance between its orbit and Earth's (MOID) | 0.773 au |
Data: NASA/JPL Small-Body Database and the IAU Minor Planet Center.
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