(73701) Siegfriedbauer Main-belt Asteroid
Discovered on 3 October 1991 by Schmadel, L. D., Borngen, F. at Tautenburg.
Siegfried J. Bauer (b. 1930) is professor emeritus of meteorology and geophysics at the University of Graz, Austria. He was Associate Director of the NASA Goddard Space Flight Center and is a full member of the Austrian Academy of Sciences. His research focuses on the atmospheres of Venus, Mars and Titan.Naming citation (MPC batch dated 2017-01-12), IAU / Minor Planet Center, via NASA/JPL
Where Siegfriedbauer is today
Seen from above the solar system on 2026-10-14: Siegfriedbauer is 2.23 au from the Sun and 2.38 au from Earth. Computed from JPL's orbital elements.
Facts
| Number | 73701 |
| Provisional designation | 1991 TU5 |
| Orbit class | Main-belt Asteroid |
| Absolute magnitude (H) | 15.69 |
| Orbital period | 3.80 years |
| Semi-major axis | 2.43 au |
| Perihelion – aphelion | 2.22 – 2.65 au |
| Eccentricity | 0.0877 |
| Inclination | 3.28° |
| Closest distance between its orbit and Earth's (MOID) | 1.24 au |
Data: NASA/JPL Small-Body Database and the IAU Minor Planet Center.
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