(8343) Tugendhat Main-belt Asteroid
Discovered on 4 October 1986 by A. Mrkos at Klet.
Tugendhat House is one of the most magnificent pieces of modern architecture in the Czech Republic. It was built by Mies van der Rohe in Brno in 1930 as a family villa of great elegance, following the idea of freely floating space. The name was suggested by J. Ticha.Naming citation (20010309/MPCPages.arc), IAU / Minor Planet Center, via NASA/JPL
Where Tugendhat is today
Seen from above the solar system on 2026-10-14: Tugendhat is 2.90 au from the Sun and 3.73 au from Earth. Computed from JPL's orbital elements.
Facts
| Number | 8343 |
| Provisional designation | 1986 TG3 |
| Orbit class | Main-belt Asteroid |
| Rotation period | 4.21 hours |
| Absolute magnitude (H) | 13.7 |
| Orbital period | 4.78 years |
| Semi-major axis | 2.84 au |
| Perihelion – aphelion | 2.63 – 3.04 au |
| Eccentricity | 0.0718 |
| Inclination | 1.87° |
| Closest distance between its orbit and Earth's (MOID) | 1.64 au |
Data: NASA/JPL Small-Body Database and the IAU Minor Planet Center.
Also discovered on 4 October 1986
- (3874) Stuart
- (4209) Briggs
- (4788) Simpson
- (4822) Karge
- (4823) Libenice
- (4969) Lawrence
- (5105) Westerhout
- (5768) Pittich
- (6266) Letzel
- (7169) Linda
- (8001) Ramsden
- (8267) Kiss
More named asteroids discovered by A. Mrkos
- (2199) Klet
- (2304) Slavia
- (2325) Chernykh
- (2367) Praha
- (2403) Sumava
- (2404) Antarctica
- (2552) Remek
- (2559) Svoboda
- (2747) Cesky Krumlov
- (2811) Stremchovi
- (2889) Brno
- (2936) Nechvile
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