(2203) van Rhijn Main-belt Asteroid

Discovered on 28 September 1935 by H. van Gent at Johannesburg.

Where van Rhijn is today

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Seen from above the solar system on 2026-10-14: van Rhijn is 3.63 au from the Sun and 4.58 au from Earth. Computed from JPL's orbital elements.

Facts

Number2203
Provisional designation1935 SQ1
Orbit classMain-belt Asteroid
Diameter21.5 km (#2,018 largest of 17,440 named asteroids with a measured size)
Albedo0.0960
Rotation period30.6 hours
Absolute magnitude (H)11.7
Orbital period5.46 years
Semi-major axis3.10 au
Perihelion – aphelion2.51 – 3.69 au
Eccentricity0.190
Inclination1.64°
Closest distance between its orbit and Earth's (MOID)1.51 au

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

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