(9742) Worpswede Main-belt Asteroid

Discovered on 26 November 1987 by F. Borngen at Tautenburg.

Named for the German colony of artists near the city of Bremen. Beginning in 1889, many painters settled in this lonely region, trying to live in harmony with nature. For their subjects they chose the heath and marshland, the farmhouses and the simple people. The poet R. M. Rilke also lived here for some time. The fame of Worpswede as a paradise for painters, unique in nineteenth-century Europe, continues to fascinate art lovers all over the world.Naming citation (19990402/MPCPages.arc), IAU / Minor Planet Center, via NASA/JPL

Where Worpswede is today

Seen from above the solar system on 2026-10-14: Worpswede is 3.41 au from the Sun and 2.45 au from Earth. Computed from JPL's orbital elements.

Facts

Number	9742
Provisional designation	1987 WT1
Orbit class	Main-belt Asteroid
Diameter	14.6 km (#3,234 largest of 17,440 named asteroids with a measured size)
Albedo	0.0760
Absolute magnitude (H)	12.94
Orbital period	5.70 years
Semi-major axis	3.19 au
Perihelion – aphelion	2.83 – 3.55 au
Eccentricity	0.113
Inclination	4.59°
Closest distance between its orbit and Earth's (MOID)	1.84 au

Data: NASA/JPL Small-Body Database and the IAU Minor Planet Center.

Also discovered on 26 November 1987

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