(214911) Viehbock Main-belt Asteroid
Discovered on 11 October 2007 by R. Gierlinger at Gaisberg.
In 1991, Franz Viehböck (b. 1960) became the first Austrian astronaut, when he completed a seven-day stay on the space station MIR within the Soviet-Austrian project AUSTROMIR.Naming citation (WGSBN Bull. 3, #13, 10), IAU / Minor Planet Center, via NASA/JPL
Where Viehbock is today
Seen from above the solar system on 2026-10-14: Viehbock is 2.08 au from the Sun and 1.56 au from Earth. Computed from JPL's orbital elements.
Facts
| Number | 214911 |
| Provisional designation | 2007 TM184 |
| Orbit class | Main-belt Asteroid |
| Absolute magnitude (H) | 17.63 |
| Orbital period | 3.72 years |
| Semi-major axis | 2.40 au |
| Perihelion – aphelion | 2.07 – 2.72 au |
| Eccentricity | 0.135 |
| Inclination | 2.56° |
| Closest distance between its orbit and Earth's (MOID) | 1.09 au |
Data: NASA/JPL Small-Body Database and the IAU Minor Planet Center.
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