(30779) Sankt-Stephan Main-belt Asteroid
Discovered on 17 October 1987 by Shoemaker, C. S., Shoemaker, E. M. at Palomar.
Father Gregor (Bernhard Helms; b. 1946) is a Benedictine monk of the abbey Sankt-Stephan in Augsburg, Germany. As a physics-astronomy teacher, he followed tradition by building his own observatory and school planetarium. The abbey's museum exhibits precious historical instruments of J. Fraunhofer and G. F. Brander.Naming citation (20060413/MPCPages.arc), IAU / Minor Planet Center, via NASA/JPL
Where Sankt-Stephan is today
Seen from above the solar system on 2026-10-14: Sankt-Stephan is 1.98 au from the Sun and 1.62 au from Earth. Computed from JPL's orbital elements.
Facts
| Number | 30779 |
| Provisional designation | 1987 UE1 |
| Orbit class | Main-belt Asteroid |
| Diameter | 2.55 km (#16,155 largest of 17,440 named asteroids with a measured size) |
| Albedo | 0.230 |
| Absolute magnitude (H) | 14.85 |
| Orbital period | 3.51 years |
| Semi-major axis | 2.31 au |
| Perihelion – aphelion | 1.87 – 2.75 au |
| Eccentricity | 0.192 |
| Inclination | 24.7° |
| Closest distance between its orbit and Earth's (MOID) | 0.870 au |
Data: NASA/JPL Small-Body Database and the IAU Minor Planet Center.
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