(85214) Sommersdorf Main-belt Asteroid
Discovered on 21 September 1992 by Borngen, F., Schmadel, L. D. at Tautenburg.
Sommersdorf is a municipality in the northern part of Bavaria. Every five years since 1968, the Franconian Passion Play has been presented there on an open-air stage with ~400 participants, two-thirds of whom live in the municipality.Naming citation (MPC batch dated 2017-03-12), IAU / Minor Planet Center, via NASA/JPL
Where Sommersdorf is today
Seen from above the solar system on 2026-10-14: Sommersdorf is 2.44 au from the Sun and 3.33 au from Earth. Computed from JPL's orbital elements.
Facts
| Number | 85214 |
| Provisional designation | 1992 SZ1 |
| Orbit class | Main-belt Asteroid |
| Diameter | 3.53 km (#13,882 largest of 17,440 named asteroids with a measured size) |
| Albedo | 0.0740 |
| Absolute magnitude (H) | 15.92 |
| Orbital period | 3.19 years |
| Semi-major axis | 2.17 au |
| Perihelion – aphelion | 1.82 – 2.51 au |
| Eccentricity | 0.159 |
| Inclination | 3.41° |
| Closest distance between its orbit and Earth's (MOID) | 0.825 au |
Data: NASA/JPL Small-Body Database and the IAU Minor Planet Center.
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