(108953) Pieraerts Main-belt Asteroid
Discovered on 13 August 2001 by T. Pauwels at Uccle.
Godfried Thomas Pieraerts (1908-1984) was Father at the Norbertine Abbey of Park Louvain (Belgium) and lived since 1964 in the Abbey of Grimbergen. In 1967 he founded the MIRA Public Observatory on abbey grounds. The name of the observatory refers to the variable star o Ceti, also known as Mira.Naming citation (20101128/MPCPages.arc), IAU / Minor Planet Center, via NASA/JPL
Where Pieraerts is today
Seen from above the solar system on 2026-10-14: Pieraerts is 2.67 au from the Sun and 3.53 au from Earth. Computed from JPL's orbital elements.
Facts
| Number | 108953 |
| Provisional designation | 2001 PM29 |
| Orbit class | Main-belt Asteroid |
| Absolute magnitude (H) | 16.16 |
| Orbital period | 3.84 years |
| Semi-major axis | 2.45 au |
| Perihelion – aphelion | 2.15 – 2.75 au |
| Eccentricity | 0.123 |
| Inclination | 6.07° |
| Closest distance between its orbit and Earth's (MOID) | 1.14 au |
Data: NASA/JPL Small-Body Database and the IAU Minor Planet Center.
Also named after someone called Godfried
All asteroids named after someone called Godfried
Also discovered on 13 August 2001
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