(234761) Rainerkracht Main-belt Asteroid
Discovered on 22 July 2002 by NEAT at Palomar.
Rainer Kracht (b. 1948) is a German amateur astronomer who discovered more than two hundred comets on images taken by the SOHO spacecraft. The Kracht group comets are named after him. Kracht also discovered minor planets. The name was suggested by H. Bill.Naming citation (20100726/MPCPages.arc), IAU / Minor Planet Center, via NASA/JPL
Where Rainerkracht is today
Seen from above the solar system on 2026-10-14: Rainerkracht is 2.97 au from the Sun and 3.23 au from Earth. Computed from JPL's orbital elements.
Facts
| Number | 234761 |
| Provisional designation | 2002 OU32 |
| Orbit class | Main-belt Asteroid |
| Diameter | 1.93 km (#17,110 largest of 17,440 named asteroids with a measured size) |
| Albedo | 0.189 |
| Rotation period | 7.44 hours |
| Absolute magnitude (H) | 16.31 |
| Orbital period | 4.38 years |
| Semi-major axis | 2.68 au |
| Perihelion – aphelion | 2.28 – 3.08 au |
| Eccentricity | 0.150 |
| Inclination | 6.42° |
| 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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