(9253) Oberth Main-belt Asteroid
Discovered on 25 March 1971 by van Houten, C. J., van Houten-Groeneveld, I., Gehrels, T. at Palomar.
Named in memory of the German pioneer of space flight Hermann J. Oberth (1894-1989). In his 1923 work entitled Die Rakete zu den Planetenräumen, Oberth gave a thorough discussion of many phases of rocket travel, including the launching of payloads into earth orbit and the abnormal effects of pressure on the human body.Naming citation (19990402/MPCPages.arc), IAU / Minor Planet Center, via NASA/JPL
Where Oberth is today
Seen from above the solar system on 2026-10-14: Oberth is 2.78 au from the Sun and 3.74 au from Earth. Computed from JPL's orbital elements.
Facts
| Number | 9253 |
| Provisional designation | 1171 T-1 |
| Orbit class | Main-belt Asteroid |
| Absolute magnitude (H) | 14.52 |
| Orbital period | 3.71 years |
| Semi-major axis | 2.39 au |
| Perihelion – aphelion | 1.95 – 2.84 au |
| Eccentricity | 0.184 |
| Inclination | 7.29° |
| Closest distance between its orbit and Earth's (MOID) | 0.951 au |
Data: NASA/JPL Small-Body Database and the IAU Minor Planet Center.
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- (7314) Pevsner
- (7624) Gluck
- (7690) Sackler
More named asteroids discovered by van Houten, C. J., van Houten-Groeneveld, I., Gehrels, T.
- (1743) Schmidt
- (1744) Harriet
- (1776) Kuiper
- (1777) Gehrels
- (1778) Alfven
- (1795) Woltjer
- (1808) Bellerophon
- (1809) Prometheus
- (1810) Epimetheus
- (1811) Bruwer
- (1812) Gilgamesh
- (1813) Imhotep
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