(69275) Wiesenthal Main-belt Asteroid
Discovered on 28 November 1989 by F. Borngen at Tautenburg.
Simon Wiesenthal (b. 1908) survived the Nazi camps of World War II. After the war, he courageously gathered data on the perpetrators of the Holocaust. He wrote several books, including I Hunted Eichmann and The Murderers Among Us.Naming citation (20040713/MPCPages.arc), IAU / Minor Planet Center, via NASA/JPL
Where Wiesenthal is today
Seen from above the solar system on 2026-10-14: Wiesenthal is 2.17 au from the Sun and 1.41 au from Earth. Computed from JPL's orbital elements.
Facts
| Number | 69275 |
| Provisional designation | 1989 WD4 |
| Orbit class | Main-belt Asteroid |
| Diameter | 5.89 km (#9,094 largest of 17,440 named asteroids with a measured size) |
| Albedo | 0.0810 |
| Absolute magnitude (H) | 14.75 |
| Orbital period | 4.69 years |
| Semi-major axis | 2.80 au |
| Perihelion – aphelion | 2.14 – 3.46 au |
| Eccentricity | 0.235 |
| Inclination | 8.73° |
| Closest distance between its orbit and Earth's (MOID) | 1.16 au |
Data: NASA/JPL Small-Body Database and the IAU Minor Planet Center.
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