(9819) Sangerhausen Main-belt Asteroid
Discovered on 25 March 1971 by van Houten, C. J., van Houten-Groeneveld, I., Gehrels, T. at Palomar.
In the vicinity of the German city of Sangerhausen, a remarkable archaeological object was unearthed. This 4000-year-old bronze disc shows a quasi-real starry sky. Its similarity to Homer's Iliad 18, 484--486 is striking. The name was suggested by W. Schlosser and L. D. Schmadel.Naming citation (20021120/MPCPages.arc), IAU / Minor Planet Center, via NASA/JPL
Where Sangerhausen is today
Seen from above the solar system on 2026-10-14: Sangerhausen is 1.94 au from the Sun and 2.78 au from Earth. Computed from JPL's orbital elements.
Facts
| Number | 9819 |
| Provisional designation | 2172 T-1 |
| Orbit class | Main-belt Asteroid |
| Diameter | 2.69 km (#15,890 largest of 17,440 named asteroids with a measured size) |
| Albedo | 0.295 |
| Absolute magnitude (H) | 15.1 |
| Orbital period | 3.24 years |
| Semi-major axis | 2.19 au |
| Perihelion – aphelion | 1.79 – 2.59 au |
| Eccentricity | 0.181 |
| Inclination | 2.45° |
| Closest distance between its orbit and Earth's (MOID) | 0.777 au |
Data: NASA/JPL Small-Body Database and the IAU Minor Planet Center.
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