(43669) Winterthur Main-belt Asteroid
Discovered on 15 April 2002 by M. Griesser at Winterthur.
The charming town of Winterthur, founded in 1264 in northeastern Switzerland, is a regional center of business, culture and education, situated in a rural landscape and surrounded by wooded hills. It is the birthplace of the discoverer and home of Eschenberg Observatory.Naming citation (20020921/MPCPages.arc), IAU / Minor Planet Center, via NASA/JPL
Where Winterthur is today
Seen from above the solar system on 2026-10-14: Winterthur is 2.71 au from the Sun and 3.11 au from Earth. Computed from JPL's orbital elements.
Facts
| Number | 43669 |
| Provisional designation | 2002 GA10 |
| Orbit class | Main-belt Asteroid |
| Diameter | 2.36 km (#16,503 largest of 17,440 named asteroids with a measured size) |
| Albedo | 0.380 |
| Absolute magnitude (H) | 15.15 |
| Orbital period | 4.24 years |
| Semi-major axis | 2.62 au |
| Perihelion – aphelion | 2.26 – 2.98 au |
| Eccentricity | 0.137 |
| Inclination | 13.0° |
| Closest distance between its orbit and Earth's (MOID) | 1.29 au |
Data: NASA/JPL Small-Body Database and the IAU Minor Planet Center.