(7700) Rote Kapelle Main-belt Asteroid

Discovered on 13 October 1990 by Borngen, F., Schmadel, L. D. at Tautenburg.

Named for the members of Rote Kapelle, a left-wing and communist resistance group who fought against the fascist regime, operating mainly in Berlin and Hamburg. Faced with the genocide of the European Jews, the group worked to accelerate both the breakdown of the fascist regime and the end of the war. Members of the group were, among others, Arvid Harnack, Harro Schulze-Boysen and Erika Gräfin Brockdorf. In 1942, the group was suppressed by the Geheime Staatspolizei, with the arrest of about 600 people, almost 60 of whom were executed. Name proposed by the first discoverer.Naming citation (19980411/MPCPages.arc), IAU / Minor Planet Center, via NASA/JPL

Where Rote Kapelle is today

Seen from above the solar system on 2026-10-14: Rote Kapelle is 2.51 au from the Sun and 2.78 au from Earth. Computed from JPL's orbital elements.

Facts

Number	7700
Provisional designation	1990 TE8
Orbit class	Main-belt Asteroid
Diameter	3.02 km (#15,161 largest of 17,440 named asteroids with a measured size)
Albedo	0.770
Absolute magnitude (H)	13.64
Orbital period	4.38 years
Semi-major axis	2.68 au
Perihelion – aphelion	2.47 – 2.88 au
Eccentricity	0.0763
Inclination	3.03°
Closest distance between its orbit and Earth's (MOID)	1.49 au

Data: NASA/JPL Small-Body Database and the IAU Minor Planet Center.

Also discovered on 13 October 1990

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