Q158016

Also known as (922) Schlutia, Schlutia

main-belt asteroid

Picture of the Day · NASA

Jupiter and Venus from Earth

2026-06-07

It was visible around the world. The sunset conjunction of Jupiter (left) and Venus (right) in 2012 was visible almost no matter where you lived on Earth. Anyone on our planet with a clear western horizon at sunset could see them. That year, a creative photographer traveled away from the town lights of Szubin, Poland to photograph a near closest approach of the two planets. The bright planets were then separated by only three degrees and his daughter struck a humorous pose. A faint red sunset still glowed in the background. Jupiter and Venus are together again this week after sunset, passing within a degree of each other about two days from today.

Key facts

Discovered by: K. Reinmuth
Discovery site: Heidelberg Obs.
Discovery date: 18 September 1919
Named after: Edgar Schlubach, Henry Frederic Tiarks, ( expedition sponsors )
Alternative designations: A919 SJ · A906 UC, 1919 FW · 1906 UC
Minor planet category

Article

922 Schlutia (prov. designation: A919 SJ or 1919 FW) is a background asteroid from the central regions of the asteroid belt. It was discovered by German astronomer Karl Reinmuth at the Heidelberg Observatory on 18 September 1919. The asteroid with an unknown spectral type has a rotation period of 7.9 hours and measures approximately 18 kilometers (11 miles) in diameter. It was named after Edgar Schlubach and Henry Frederic Tiarks, who sponsored an expedition to observe the solar eclipse of 21 September 1922.

Orbit and classification