(8541) Schalkenmehren Main-belt Asteroid
Discovered on 9 October 1993 by E. W. Elst at La Silla.
Schalkenmehren is a small village not far from the city of Daun in the German Ardennes (Eifel). A small road leads to the Observatory of Hoher List.Naming citation (20021120/MPCPages.arc), IAU / Minor Planet Center, via NASA/JPL
Where Schalkenmehren is today
Seen from above the solar system on 2026-10-14: Schalkenmehren is 2.17 au from the Sun and 2.56 au from Earth. Computed from JPL's orbital elements.
Facts
| Number | 8541 |
| Provisional designation | 1993 TZ32 |
| Orbit class | Main-belt Asteroid |
| Absolute magnitude (H) | 15.08 |
| Orbital period | 3.22 years |
| Semi-major axis | 2.18 au |
| Perihelion – aphelion | 2.07 – 2.29 au |
| Eccentricity | 0.0487 |
| Inclination | 2.78° |
| Closest distance between its orbit and Earth's (MOID) | 1.08 au |
Data: NASA/JPL Small-Body Database and the IAU Minor Planet Center.
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