(361530) Victorfranzhess Main-belt Asteroid
Discovered on 22 April 2007 by R. Gierlinger at Gaisberg.
Victor Franz Hess (1883-1964) was an Austrian physicist. He discovered cosmic rays and won the Nobel Prize for Physics in 1936. Hess is also honored with a lunar crater.Naming citation (MPC batch dated 2014-07-12), IAU / Minor Planet Center, via NASA/JPL
Where Victorfranzhess is today
Seen from above the solar system on 2026-10-14: Victorfranzhess is 3.72 au from the Sun and 2.77 au from Earth. Computed from JPL's orbital elements.
Facts
| Number | 361530 |
| Provisional designation | 2007 HN16 |
| Orbit class | Main-belt Asteroid |
| Absolute magnitude (H) | 16.4 |
| Orbital period | 5.46 years |
| Semi-major axis | 3.10 au |
| Perihelion – aphelion | 2.41 – 3.79 au |
| Eccentricity | 0.223 |
| Inclination | 12.7° |
| Closest distance between its orbit and Earth's (MOID) | 1.46 au |
Data: NASA/JPL Small-Body Database and the IAU Minor Planet Center.
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