(96327) Ullmann Inner Main-belt Asteroid

Discovered on 5 March 1997 by E. W. Elst at La Silla.

Liv Ullmann (b. 1938), Norwegian screen actress and movie director, made the groundbreaking picture Persona with Ingmar Bergman . Ullmann will be also remembered for her performance in Höstsonaten (Autumn Sonata, 1978), a film which won the 1979 Golden Globe for Best Foreign Language Film.Naming citation (MPC batch dated 2014-04-15), IAU / Minor Planet Center, via NASA/JPL

Where Ullmann is today

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Seen from above the solar system on 2026-10-14: Ullmann is 2.10 au from the Sun and 2.62 au from Earth. Computed from JPL's orbital elements.

Facts

Number96327
Provisional designation1997 EJ50
Orbit classInner Main-belt Asteroid
Rotation period3.64 hours
Absolute magnitude (H)15.5
Orbital period2.73 years
Semi-major axis1.95 au
Perihelion – aphelion1.80 – 2.10 au
Eccentricity0.0776
Inclination22.8°
Closest distance between its orbit and Earth's (MOID)0.836 au

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

Also named after someone called Liv

Also discovered on 5 March 1997

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