99949 Miepgies
| Discovery | |
|---|---|
| Discovered by | T. Gehrels |
| Discovery site | Palomar Observatory |
| Discovery date | 16 March 1972 |
| Designations | |
| MPC designation | 99949 |
| 1972 FD | |
| Orbital characteristics[1] | |
| Epoch 13 January 2016 (JD 2457400.5) | |
| Uncertainty parameter 0 | |
| Observation arc | 15997 days (43.80 yr) |
| Aphelion | 2.9470993 AU (440.87978 Gm) |
| Perihelion | 2.1935148 AU (328.14514 Gm) |
| 2.5703071 AU (384.51247 Gm) | |
| Eccentricity | 0.14659424 |
| 4.12 yr (1505.1 d) | |
| 251.64817° | |
| 0.23918094°/day | |
| Inclination | 29.430952° |
| 353.35391° | |
| 159.87150° | |
| Earth MOID | 1.2114 AU (181.22 Gm) |
| Jupiter MOID | 2.05031 AU (306.722 Gm) |
| Physical characteristics | |
| 14.4 | |
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99949 Miepgies[2] (1972 FD) is a main-belt asteroid discovered on March 16, 1972 by T. Gehrels at Palomar Observatory. It is named after Miep Gies, a Dutch citizen who hid Anne Frank and her family from the Nazis during World War II, and who discovered and preserved Anne's diary after Anne Frank's arrest and deportation.
References
- ↑ "JPL Small-Body Database Browser: 99949 Miepgies (1972 FD)". Jet Propulsion Laboratory. Retrieved 25 March 2016.
- ↑ Asteroid named after Anne Frank diary rescuer - Radio Netherlands Worldwide
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