(50413) Petrginz Main-belt Asteroid
Discovered on 27 February 2000 by Ticha, J., Tichy, M. at Klet.
Petr Ginz (1928-1944) was a Prague-born Jewish boy interested in writing and painting and a lover of the works of Jules Verne. During 1942-1944 he edited a secret magazine Vedem in Terezín ghetto. His drawing Moon Landscape was taken by Ilan Ramon aboard the final flight of the space shuttle Columbia.Naming citation (20040306/MPCPages.arc), IAU / Minor Planet Center, via NASA/JPL
Where Petrginz is today
Seen from above the solar system on 2026-10-14: Petrginz is 3.00 au from the Sun and 3.51 au from Earth. Computed from JPL's orbital elements.
Facts
| Number | 50413 |
| Provisional designation | 2000 DQ1 |
| Orbit class | Main-belt Asteroid |
| Diameter | 3.31 km (#14,458 largest of 17,440 named asteroids with a measured size) |
| Albedo | 0.308 |
| Rotation period | 4.80 hours |
| Absolute magnitude (H) | 14.86 |
| Orbital period | 4.49 years |
| Semi-major axis | 2.72 au |
| Perihelion – aphelion | 2.26 – 3.18 au |
| Eccentricity | 0.170 |
| Inclination | 9.97° |
| Closest distance between its orbit and Earth's (MOID) | 1.27 au |
Data: NASA/JPL Small-Body Database and the IAU Minor Planet Center.
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