(99949) Miepgies
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Asteroid (99949) Miepgies |
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| Orbit of the asteroid (99949) Miepgies | |
| Properties of the orbit ( animation ) | |
| Orbit type | Main belt asteroid |
| Major semi-axis | 2.568 AU |
| eccentricity | 0.1485 |
| Perihelion - aphelion | 2.187 AU - 2.949 AU |
| Inclination of the orbit plane | 29.47 ° |
| Sidereal period | 4.11 a |
| Physical Properties | |
| Absolute brightness | 14.4 mag |
| history | |
| Explorer | Tom Gehrels |
| Date of discovery | March 16, 1972 |
| Another name | 1972 FD |
| Source: Unless otherwise stated, the data comes from JPL Small-Body Database Browser . The affiliation to an asteroid family is automatically determined from the AstDyS-2 database . Please also note the note on asteroid items. | |
(99949) Miepgies (provisional designation 1972 FD ) is a main belt - Asteroid that on 16 March 1972 by the astronomer Tom Gehrels at Palomar Observatory was discovered.
The asteroid was named in 2009 after the Dutch woman Miep Gies , who celebrated her 100th birthday that same year. Miep Gies helped Anne Frank , her family, the van Pels and Fritz Pfeffer families, to go into hiding during the Second World War , and after their deportation saved Anne Frank's diary . An asteroid is also named after Anne Frank, namely (5535) Annefrank .