(118178) Rinckart Main-belt Asteroid
Discovered on 23 September 1992 by F. Borngen at Tautenburg.
The author, composer and theologian Martin Rinckart (1586–1649) underwent the horrors of the Thirty Years' War. In 1648, when the Peace of Westphalia was negotiated, all Europe began to sing his composition “Nun danket alle Gott” (“Now thank we all our God”). This became an international ecumenical hymn.Naming citation (WGSBN Bull. 3, #14, 6), IAU / Minor Planet Center, via NASA/JPL
Where Rinckart is today
Seen from above the solar system on 2026-10-14: Rinckart is 2.43 au from the Sun and 2.53 au from Earth. Computed from JPL's orbital elements.
Facts
| Number | 118178 |
| Provisional designation | 1992 SJ26 |
| Orbit class | Main-belt Asteroid |
| Diameter | 6.17 km (#8,689 largest of 17,440 named asteroids with a measured size) |
| Albedo | 0.0610 |
| Absolute magnitude (H) | 14.94 |
| Orbital period | 4.17 years |
| Semi-major axis | 2.59 au |
| Perihelion – aphelion | 1.97 – 3.21 au |
| Eccentricity | 0.239 |
| Inclination | 9.08° |
| Closest distance between its orbit and Earth's (MOID) | 0.977 au |
Data: NASA/JPL Small-Body Database and the IAU Minor Planet Center.
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