(29148) Palzer Outer Main-belt Asteroid
Discovered on 10 May 1988 by W. Landgraf at La Silla.
Wolfgang Palzer, of the Astronomische Gesellschaft Urania in Wiesbaden, has observed occultations and undertaken observations and orbit computations of meteors.Naming citation (20020328/MPCPages.arc), IAU / Minor Planet Center, via NASA/JPL
Where Palzer is today
Seen from above the solar system on 2026-10-14: Palzer is 3.77 au from the Sun and 4.01 au from Earth. Computed from JPL's orbital elements.
Facts
| Number | 29148 |
| Provisional designation | 1988 JE |
| Orbit class | Outer Main-belt Asteroid |
| Diameter | 10.2 km (#4,975 largest of 17,440 named asteroids with a measured size) |
| Albedo | 0.0970 |
| Absolute magnitude (H) | 13.53 |
| Orbital period | 5.84 years |
| Semi-major axis | 3.24 au |
| Perihelion – aphelion | 2.69 – 3.79 au |
| Eccentricity | 0.170 |
| Inclination | 3.73° |
| Closest distance between its orbit and Earth's (MOID) | 1.68 au |
Data: NASA/JPL Small-Body Database and the IAU Minor Planet Center.
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