(5926) Schonfeld Main-belt Asteroid
Discovered on 4 August 1929 by M. F. Wolf at Heidelberg.
Where Schonfeld is today
Seen from above the solar system on 2026-10-14: Schonfeld is 1.96 au from the Sun and 2.26 au from Earth. Computed from JPL's orbital elements.
Facts
| Number | 5926 |
| Provisional designation | 1929 PB |
| Orbit class | Main-belt Asteroid |
| Diameter | 4.35 km (#11,953 largest of 17,440 named asteroids with a measured size) |
| Albedo | 0.214 |
| Absolute magnitude (H) | 14.64 |
| Orbital period | 3.61 years |
| Semi-major axis | 2.35 au |
| Perihelion – aphelion | 1.79 – 2.91 au |
| Eccentricity | 0.237 |
| Inclination | 3.98° |
| Closest distance between its orbit and Earth's (MOID) | 0.784 au |
Data: NASA/JPL Small-Body Database and the IAU Minor Planet Center.
Also discovered on 4 August 1929
More named asteroids discovered by M. F. Wolf
- (323) Brucia
- (325) Heidelberga
- (328) Gudrun
- (329) Svea
- (330) Adalberta
- (332) Siri
- (333) Badenia
- (334) Chicago
- (339) Dorothea
- (340) Eduarda
- (341) California
- (342) Endymion
← (5924) Teruo · (5927) Krogh →