(19136) Strassmann Main-belt Asteroid
Discovered on 10 January 1989 by F. Borngen at Tautenburg.
Friedrich Wilhelm Strassmann (1902-1980), a collaborator at the Kaiser-Wilhelm-Institut in Berlin and professor at the University of Mainz since 1946, worked on artificial radio-nucleides and methods for geological age determinations. With Otto Hahn and Lise Meitner, he received the Enrico Fermi prize in 1966.Naming citation (20010309/MPCPages.arc), IAU / Minor Planet Center, via NASA/JPL
Where Strassmann is today
Seen from above the solar system on 2026-10-14: Strassmann is 2.33 au from the Sun and 2.95 au from Earth. Computed from JPL's orbital elements.
Facts
| Number | 19136 |
| Provisional designation | 1989 AZ6 |
| Orbit class | Main-belt Asteroid |
| Diameter | 3.94 km (#12,887 largest of 17,440 named asteroids with a measured size) |
| Albedo | 0.114 |
| Rotation period | 10.5 hours |
| Absolute magnitude (H) | 14.86 |
| Orbital period | 4.18 years |
| Semi-major axis | 2.60 au |
| Perihelion – aphelion | 2.32 – 2.87 au |
| Eccentricity | 0.106 |
| Inclination | 4.78° |
| Closest distance between its orbit and Earth's (MOID) | 1.34 au |
Data: NASA/JPL Small-Body Database and the IAU Minor Planet Center.
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