(7127) Stifter Main-belt Asteroid

Discovered on 9 September 1991 by Borngen, F., Schmadel, L. D. at Tautenburg.

Named for the most famous Austrian narrator Adalbert Stifter (1805–1868). After formative years spent in the Bohemian Forest, he studied near the Benedictine Abbey in Kremsmünster, later living in Vienna and Linz. In his brilliant novels and epics (The Timber Forest, Rock Crystal, Indian Summer and Witiko) landscapes were described in a superb manner. Stifter described the correlation of man and nature in a subtle manner, full of feeling. He dealt with questions of education, love and piety, and he was also engaged in painting and science. He gave full details of the total solar eclipse of 1842 July 8 as observed in Vienna.Naming citation (WGSBN Bull. 4, #12, 4), IAU / Minor Planet Center, via NASA/JPL

Where Stifter is today

Seen from above the solar system on 2026-10-14: Stifter is 3.14 au from the Sun and 3.66 au from Earth. Computed from JPL's orbital elements.

Facts

Number	7127
Provisional designation	1991 RD3
Orbit class	Main-belt Asteroid
Diameter	12.6 km (#3,884 largest of 17,440 named asteroids with a measured size)
Albedo	0.0540
Absolute magnitude (H)	13.51
Orbital period	5.44 years
Semi-major axis	3.09 au
Perihelion – aphelion	2.41 – 3.78 au
Eccentricity	0.221
Inclination	8.61°
Closest distance between its orbit and Earth's (MOID)	1.40 au

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

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