(14877) Zauberflote Main-belt Asteroid
Discovered on 19 November 1990 by E. W. Elst at La Silla.
Mozart's opera Die Zauberflöte (The Magic Flute) celebrates love, forgiveness and the brotherhood of man. It was his last opera, composed in 1791. The opera depicts many symbols of freemasonary, since Mozart was himself a freemason. This naming is on the occasion of the 250th anniversary of Mozart's birth.Naming citation (WGSBN Bull. 3, #12, 7), IAU / Minor Planet Center, via NASA/JPL
Where Zauberflote is today
Seen from above the solar system on 2026-10-14: Zauberflote is 3.00 au from the Sun and 2.69 au from Earth. Computed from JPL's orbital elements.
Facts
| Number | 14877 |
| Provisional designation | 1990 WC9 |
| Orbit class | Main-belt Asteroid |
| Diameter | 11.4 km (#4,350 largest of 17,440 named asteroids with a measured size) |
| Albedo | 0.135 |
| Rotation period | 4.28 hours |
| Absolute magnitude (H) | 12.7 |
| Orbital period | 5.31 years |
| Semi-major axis | 3.04 au |
| Perihelion – aphelion | 2.86 – 3.23 au |
| Eccentricity | 0.0600 |
| Inclination | 12.3° |
| Closest distance between its orbit and Earth's (MOID) | 1.88 au |
Data: NASA/JPL Small-Body Database and the IAU Minor Planet Center.
Also discovered on 19 November 1990
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- (3912) Troja
- (3918) Brel
- (4038) Kristina
- (4226) Damiaan
- (4342) Freud
- (4344) Buxtehude
- (4345) Rachmaninoff
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