(9452) Rogerpeeters Main-belt Asteroid
Discovered on 27 February 1998 by E. W. Elst at La Silla.
Named in honor of Roger Peeters (b. 1948), head of the mechanical workshop at the Royal Observatory at Uccle and responsible for maintaining all the telescopes. He was always available for keeping the Zeiss measuring instrument in good repair, and this was used in particular for measuring this minor planet.Naming citation (19990402/MPCPages.arc), IAU / Minor Planet Center, via NASA/JPL
Where Rogerpeeters is today
Seen from above the solar system on 2026-10-14: Rogerpeeters is 1.83 au from the Sun and 1.47 au from Earth. Computed from JPL's orbital elements.
Facts
| Number | 9452 |
| Provisional designation | 1998 DY33 |
| Orbit class | Main-belt Asteroid |
| Diameter | 6.59 km (#8,145 largest of 17,440 named asteroids with a measured size) |
| Albedo | 0.0680 |
| Absolute magnitude (H) | 14.62 |
| Orbital period | 4.19 years |
| Semi-major axis | 2.60 au |
| Perihelion – aphelion | 1.83 – 3.37 au |
| Eccentricity | 0.295 |
| Inclination | 4.04° |
| Closest distance between its orbit and Earth's (MOID) | 0.850 au |
Data: NASA/JPL Small-Body Database and the IAU Minor Planet Center.
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