(215423) Winnecke Main-belt Asteroid
Discovered on 4 April 2002 by M. Meyer at Palomar.
Friedrich August Theodor Winnecke (1835-1897) was an astronomer at Berlin, Pulkovo and Strasbourg. Between 1854 and 1877, he discovered or codiscovered ten comets. He initiated a survey of nebulae and worked in the fields of double and variable stars.Naming citation (20100330/MPCPages.arc), IAU / Minor Planet Center, via NASA/JPL
Where Winnecke is today
Seen from above the solar system on 2026-10-14: Winnecke is 2.02 au from the Sun and 2.50 au from Earth. Computed from JPL's orbital elements.
Facts
| Number | 215423 |
| Provisional designation | 2002 GE178 |
| Orbit class | Main-belt Asteroid |
| Absolute magnitude (H) | 17.26 |
| Orbital period | 3.42 years |
| Semi-major axis | 2.27 au |
| Perihelion – aphelion | 1.96 – 2.58 au |
| Eccentricity | 0.136 |
| Inclination | 3.50° |
| Closest distance between its orbit and Earth's (MOID) | 0.950 au |
Data: NASA/JPL Small-Body Database and the IAU Minor Planet Center.
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