99949 Miepgies
| Discovery | |
|---|---|
| Discovered by | T. Gehrels |
| Discovery site | Palomar Observatory |
| Discovery date | March 16, 1972 |
| Designations | |
| MPC designation | 99949 |
| 1972 FD | |
| Orbital characteristics | |
| Epoch January 4, 2010 | |
| Aphelion | 2.9490570 |
| Perihelion | 2.1865682 |
| 2.5678126 | |
| Eccentricity | 0.1484705 |
| 1502.9460874 | |
| 85.84740 | |
| Inclination | 29.46986 |
| 353.42589 | |
| 159.38794 | |
| Physical characteristics | |
| 14.4 | |
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99949 Miepgies[1] (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.
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