(16522) Tell Main-belt Asteroid
Discovered on 15 January 1991 by F. Borngen at Tautenburg.
Wilhelm Tell, legendary hero of the well-known Swiss saga, distinguished himself in the fight for independence of the Inner Swiss against the Habsburg landvogt Gessler in the fourteenth century. Variously, this myth was treated in literature, e.g., by Schiller in 1804. It still influences the Swiss national consciousness.Naming citation (20001111/MPCPages.arc), IAU / Minor Planet Center, via NASA/JPL
Where Tell is today
Seen from above the solar system on 2026-10-14: Tell is 3.25 au from the Sun and 4.22 au from Earth. Computed from JPL's orbital elements.
Facts
| Number | 16522 |
| Provisional designation | 1991 AJ3 |
| Orbit class | Main-belt Asteroid |
| Diameter | 13.1 km (#3,690 largest of 17,440 named asteroids with a measured size) |
| Albedo | 0.0680 |
| Absolute magnitude (H) | 13.08 |
| Orbital period | 5.67 years |
| Semi-major axis | 3.18 au |
| Perihelion – aphelion | 2.98 – 3.38 au |
| Eccentricity | 0.0635 |
| Inclination | 14.7° |
| Closest distance between its orbit and Earth's (MOID) | 1.97 au |
Data: NASA/JPL Small-Body Database and the IAU Minor Planet Center.
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