(38268) Zenkert Main-belt Asteroid
Discovered on 9 September 1999 by A. Knofel at Drebach.
Arnold Zenkert (b. 1923) was the director of the planetarium and of the Bruno H. Bürgel Memorial Plaza in Potsdam. Interested in historical sundials at churches and buildings, he serves on the sundial committee of the German Society for Chronometry.Naming citation (20020921/MPCPages.arc), IAU / Minor Planet Center, via NASA/JPL
Where Zenkert is today
Seen from above the solar system on 2026-10-14: Zenkert is 2.88 au from the Sun and 2.32 au from Earth. Computed from JPL's orbital elements.
Facts
| Number | 38268 |
| Provisional designation | 1999 RV32 |
| Orbit class | Main-belt Asteroid |
| Diameter | 4.72 km (#11,173 largest of 17,440 named asteroids with a measured size) |
| Albedo | 0.0950 |
| Rotation period | 6.00 hours |
| Absolute magnitude (H) | 15.06 |
| Orbital period | 4.56 years |
| Semi-major axis | 2.75 au |
| Perihelion – aphelion | 2.55 – 2.95 au |
| Eccentricity | 0.0716 |
| Inclination | 4.90° |
| Closest distance between its orbit and Earth's (MOID) | 1.58 au |
Data: NASA/JPL Small-Body Database and the IAU Minor Planet Center.
Also named after someone called Arnold
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