(30829) Wolfwacker Main-belt Asteroid
Discovered on 10 October 1990 by Schmadel, L. D., Borngen, F. at Tautenburg.
Wolfgang Wacker (b. 1944) is a German astronomer who worked at the Heidelberg Max-Planck-Institut and as a teacher. For 25 years he served as scientific head and later as manager and director of the Mannheim planetarium. The name was suggested by the first discoverer.Naming citation (20090607/MPCPages.arc), IAU / Minor Planet Center, via NASA/JPL
Where Wolfwacker is today
Seen from above the solar system on 2026-10-14: Wolfwacker is 2.63 au from the Sun and 2.94 au from Earth. Computed from JPL's orbital elements.
Facts
| Number | 30829 |
| Provisional designation | 1990 TE9 |
| Orbit class | Main-belt Asteroid |
| Diameter | 3.13 km (#14,890 largest of 17,440 named asteroids with a measured size) |
| Albedo | 0.343 |
| Absolute magnitude (H) | 14.68 |
| Orbital period | 3.50 years |
| Semi-major axis | 2.30 au |
| Perihelion – aphelion | 1.96 – 2.64 au |
| Eccentricity | 0.148 |
| Inclination | 4.36° |
| Closest distance between its orbit and Earth's (MOID) | 0.948 au |
Data: NASA/JPL Small-Body Database and the IAU Minor Planet Center.
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Also discovered on 10 October 1990
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- (19159) Taenakano
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- (19992) Schonbein
- (19993) Gunterseeber
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- (5628) Preussen
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- (6966) Vietoris
- (7414) Bosch
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