(100033) Taize Main-belt Asteroid

Discovered on 9 April 1991 by F. Borngen at Tautenburg.

Taizé is a small French village in Burgundy. It is the home of an international overconfessional movement founded in 1940 by Brother Roger Schutz (1915-2005). This group gained worldwide esteem and demonstrates church unity in an allegoric way.Naming citation (20060809/MPCPages.arc), IAU / Minor Planet Center, via NASA/JPL

Where Taize is today

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Seen from above the solar system on 2026-10-14: Taize is 3.31 au from the Sun and 3.36 au from Earth. Computed from JPL's orbital elements.

Facts

Number100033
Provisional designation1991 GV10
Orbit classMain-belt Asteroid
Absolute magnitude (H)14.56
Orbital period5.67 years
Semi-major axis3.18 au
Perihelion – aphelion2.69 – 3.67 au
Eccentricity0.154
Inclination8.54°
Closest distance between its orbit and Earth's (MOID)1.70 au

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

Also discovered on 9 April 1991

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