(15314) Stenbergwieser Outer Main-belt Asteroid

Discovered on 17 March 1993 by UESAC at La Silla.

Gabriella Stenberg Wieser (b. 1969) is a Swedish space physicist and Martin Wieser (b. 1970) is a Swiss-Swedish instrument scientist, both at the Swedish Institute of Space Physics (IRF). Gabriella is also a well-known panelist on the TV program Fråga Lund and an active space science communicator.Naming citation (WGSBN Bull. 6, #8, 5), IAU / Minor Planet Center, via NASA/JPL

Where Stenbergwieser is today

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Seen from above the solar system on 2026-10-14: Stenbergwieser is 3.34 au from the Sun and 3.77 au from Earth. Computed from JPL's orbital elements.

Facts

Number15314
Provisional designation1993 FL34
Orbit classOuter Main-belt Asteroid
Diameter13.0 km (#3,709 largest of 17,440 named asteroids with a measured size)
Albedo0.0720
Absolute magnitude (H)13.24
Orbital period6.40 years
Semi-major axis3.45 au
Perihelion – aphelion3.28 – 3.61 au
Eccentricity0.0478
Inclination6.78°
Closest distance between its orbit and Earth's (MOID)2.28 au

Data: NASA/JPL Small-Body Database and the IAU Minor Planet Center.

Also named after someone called Gabriella

Also discovered on 17 March 1993

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