(43804) Peterting Outer Main-belt Asteroid
Discovered on 10 September 1991 by Schmadel, L. D., Borngen, F. at Tautenburg.
Peter M. Ting (b. 1948), American anesthesiologist, has had a lifelong interest in many aspects of astronomy and bought his first telescope in his youth. He has a wide-ranging interest in the history of astronomy and works on special problems of minor-planet nomenclature. Name proposed by L. D. Schmadel.Naming citation (20120703/MPCPages.arc), IAU / Minor Planet Center, via NASA/JPL
Where Peterting is today
Seen from above the solar system on 2026-10-14: Peterting is 2.83 au from the Sun and 2.24 au from Earth. Computed from JPL's orbital elements.
Facts
| Number | 43804 |
| Provisional designation | 1991 RL4 |
| Orbit class | Outer Main-belt Asteroid |
| Diameter | 9.28 km (#5,562 largest of 17,440 named asteroids with a measured size) |
| Albedo | 0.0740 |
| Absolute magnitude (H) | 13.65 |
| Orbital period | 5.75 years |
| Semi-major axis | 3.21 au |
| Perihelion – aphelion | 2.73 – 3.69 au |
| Eccentricity | 0.149 |
| Inclination | 7.41° |
| Closest distance between its orbit and Earth's (MOID) | 1.73 au |
Data: NASA/JPL Small-Body Database and the IAU Minor Planet Center.
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