(210174) Vossenkuhl Main-belt Asteroid
Discovered on 16 October 2006 by R. Apitzsch at Wildberg.
Wilhelm Vossenkuhl (b. 1945) is one of the leading contemporary German philosophers. His dialogues with Harald Lesch, where philosophy meets astronomy, are legendary and well received by general audiences.Naming citation (20100923/MPCPages.arc), IAU / Minor Planet Center, via NASA/JPL
Where Vossenkuhl is today
Seen from above the solar system on 2026-10-14: Vossenkuhl is 2.24 au from the Sun and 2.78 au from Earth. Computed from JPL's orbital elements.
Facts
| Number | 210174 |
| Provisional designation | 2006 US |
| Orbit class | Main-belt Asteroid |
| Diameter | 2.17 km (#16,818 largest of 17,440 named asteroids with a measured size) |
| Albedo | 0.164 |
| Absolute magnitude (H) | 15.9 |
| Orbital period | 4.23 years |
| Semi-major axis | 2.62 au |
| Perihelion – aphelion | 2.21 – 3.02 au |
| Eccentricity | 0.155 |
| Inclination | 13.1° |
| Closest distance between its orbit and Earth's (MOID) | 1.24 au |
Data: NASA/JPL Small-Body Database and the IAU Minor Planet Center.
Also named after someone called Wilhelm
- (6771) Foerster
- (10780) Apollinaire
- (11040) Wundt
- (11844) Ostwald
- (12398) Pickhardt
- (14366) Wilhelmraabe
- (16522) Tell
- (17637) Blaschke
- (17821) Bolsche
- (27719) Fast
- (42492) Bruggenthies
- (55759) Erdmannsdorff
All asteroids named after someone called Wilhelm