(150118) Petersberg Main-belt Asteroid
Discovered on 18 September 1993 by Borngen, F., Schmadel, L. D. at Tautenburg.
The Petersberg is a 250-m hill near of Halle (Saale), Germany. On the hill is an Abbey with its church St. Peter, formerly an Augustinian monastery. Since 1999 it has been an evangelical monastic community. The church served as a burial-place for members of the House Wettin, one of the oldest dynasties of German nobility.Naming citation (MPC batch dated 2017-10-05), IAU / Minor Planet Center, via NASA/JPL
Where Petersberg is today
Seen from above the solar system on 2026-10-14: Petersberg is 2.75 au from the Sun and 2.12 au from Earth. Computed from JPL's orbital elements.
Facts
| Number | 150118 |
| Provisional designation | 1993 SZ2 |
| Orbit class | Main-belt Asteroid |
| Absolute magnitude (H) | 15.32 |
| Orbital period | 5.42 years |
| Semi-major axis | 3.09 au |
| Perihelion – aphelion | 2.18 – 4.00 au |
| Eccentricity | 0.295 |
| Inclination | 3.05° |
| Closest distance between its orbit and Earth's (MOID) | 1.16 au |
Data: NASA/JPL Small-Body Database and the IAU Minor Planet Center.