On Oct 25, 2001 the asteroid 182674 = 2001 UB 225 was detected at the Apache Point Observatory, New Mexíco/USA. This asteroid was named now officially (182674) Hanslmeier.
The naming of asteroids is done under strict rules: exceptional excellent scientific work as well as also contributions to science and public outreach.
Asteroid Hanslmeier belongs to the main asteroid belt between Mars and Jupiter. Its elliptical orbit about the Sun has a semi major axis of 2,7 AU=405 million km and at its closest approach to Earth the distance is still 225 million km. It orbits the Sun in 4,4 years.
The official entry in the WGSBN Bulletin of the International Astronomical Union is:
(182674) Hanslmeier = 2001 UB225
Discovery: 2001-10-25 / Sloan Digital Sky Survey / Apache Point / 645
Arnold Hanslmeier (b. 1959) is a professor of astrophysics at the University of Graz, author ofnumerous astronomy textbooks and popular science books, and he is a major contributor to the development of astronomy and astrophysics in Austria.