(2308) Schilt Main-belt Asteroid
Discovered on 6 May 1967 by Cesco, C. U., Klemola, A. R. at El Leoncito.
Named in honor of Jan Schilt, Columbia University astronomer who has made significant contributions to the study of galactic structure and dynamics and the problems of stellar luminosity calibrations. The cooperative venture by Schilt at Columbia and Brouwer at Yale, together with the Argentine astronomers at San Juan, led to the establishment of the Yale-Columbia Southern Station in the early 1960s.Naming citation (MPC 6531), IAU / Minor Planet Center, via NASA/JPL
Where Schilt is today
Seen from above the solar system on 2026-10-14: Schilt is 2.96 au from the Sun and 3.02 au from Earth. Computed from JPL's orbital elements.
Facts
| Number | 2308 |
| Provisional designation | 1967 JM |
| Orbit class | Main-belt Asteroid |
| Diameter | 17.7 km (#2,545 largest of 17,440 named asteroids with a measured size) |
| Albedo | 0.177 |
| Rotation period | 9.76 hours |
| Spectral type | S |
| Absolute magnitude (H) | 11.97 |
| Orbital period | 4.07 years |
| Semi-major axis | 2.55 au |
| Perihelion – aphelion | 2.11 – 2.99 au |
| Eccentricity | 0.171 |
| Inclination | 14.2° |
| Closest distance between its orbit and Earth's (MOID) | 1.13 au |
Data: NASA/JPL Small-Body Database and the IAU Minor Planet Center.
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