169183

169183 is a minor planet in the asteroid belt, discovered on 24 September 1960 by the Indiana Asteroid Program at Goethe Link Observatory. It is named after the astronomer and mathematician Carl Friedrich Gauss, who made significant contributions to the field of astronomy, including the method of least squares and the discovery of the asteroid Ceres. The asteroid is classified as a main-belt asteroid, with a semi-major axis of approximately 2.77 astronomical units and an orbital period of about 4.67 years. Its absolute magnitude is 12.8, indicating a diameter of roughly 8 kilometers. The asteroid has a relatively low eccentricity and inclination, typical of main-belt asteroids. 169183 is not known to have any moons or to be part of any known asteroid family. Its rotation period is approximately 10.5 hours.