(10661) Teutoburgerwald Main-belt Asteroid
Discovered on 29 September 1973 by van Houten, C. J., van Houten-Groeneveld, I., Gehrels, T. at Palomar.
The Teutoburgerwald forest is famous because it was here, in 9 A.D., that Varus was defeated by Arminius, chief of the Cherusci, a Teutonic tribe. Today the precise place where the battle took place is to be found at the north side, not far from the city of Osnabrück.Naming citation (20030501/MPCPages.arc), IAU / Minor Planet Center, via NASA/JPL
Where Teutoburgerwald is today
Seen from above the solar system on 2026-10-14: Teutoburgerwald is 2.16 au from the Sun and 3.11 au from Earth. Computed from JPL's orbital elements.
Facts
| Number | 10661 |
| Provisional designation | 1211 T-2 |
| Orbit class | Main-belt Asteroid |
| Diameter | 4.97 km (#10,676 largest of 17,440 named asteroids with a measured size) |
| Albedo | 0.0600 |
| Absolute magnitude (H) | 15.46 |
| Orbital period | 3.41 years |
| Semi-major axis | 2.26 au |
| Perihelion – aphelion | 2.03 – 2.50 au |
| Eccentricity | 0.102 |
| Inclination | 6.66° |
| Closest distance between its orbit and Earth's (MOID) | 1.04 au |
Data: NASA/JPL Small-Body Database and the IAU Minor Planet Center.
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