(178243) Schaerding Main-belt Asteroid
Discovered on 22 December 2006 by R. Gierlinger at Gaisberg.
Schaerding is a beautiful old baroque town in the northwestern part of Upper Austria and was first mentioned in the year 804. It is also the home town of the discoverer. This is the first numbered minor planet discovered at the Gaisberg Observatory.Naming citation (20080520/MPCPages.arc), IAU / Minor Planet Center, via NASA/JPL
Where Schaerding is today
Seen from above the solar system on 2026-10-14: Schaerding is 2.53 au from the Sun and 3.53 au from Earth. Computed from JPL's orbital elements.
Facts
| Number | 178243 |
| Provisional designation | 2006 YH13 |
| Orbit class | Main-belt Asteroid |
| Absolute magnitude (H) | 16.88 |
| Orbital period | 4.63 years |
| Semi-major axis | 2.78 au |
| Perihelion – aphelion | 2.52 – 3.04 au |
| Eccentricity | 0.0933 |
| Inclination | 0.269° |
| Closest distance between its orbit and Earth's (MOID) | 1.51 au |
Data: NASA/JPL Small-Body Database and the IAU Minor Planet Center.