(225225) Ninagrunewald Outer Main-belt Asteroid

Discovered on 26 September 2008 by R. Apitzsch at Wildberg.

Nina Grünewald (b. 2001) is a granddaughter of the discoverer.Naming citation (WGSBN Bull. 5, #22, 4), IAU / Minor Planet Center, via NASA/JPL

Where Ninagrunewald is today

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Seen from above the solar system on 2026-10-14: Ninagrunewald is 3.05 au from the Sun and 2.19 au from Earth. Computed from JPL's orbital elements.

Facts

Number225225
Provisional designation2008 SZ82
Orbit classOuter Main-belt Asteroid
Diameter4.69 km (#11,254 largest of 17,440 named asteroids with a measured size)
Albedo0.0730
Absolute magnitude (H)15.23
Orbital period5.73 years
Semi-major axis3.20 au
Perihelion – aphelion3.04 – 3.36 au
Eccentricity0.0488
Inclination14.8°
Closest distance between its orbit and Earth's (MOID)2.08 au

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

Also named after someone called Nina

Also discovered on 26 September 2008

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