(4894) Ask Main-belt Asteroid
Discovered on 8 September 1986 by P. Jensen at Brorfelde.
Where Ask is today
Seen from above the solar system on 2026-10-14: Ask is 2.56 au from the Sun and 3.29 au from Earth. Computed from JPL's orbital elements.
Facts
| Number | 4894 |
| Provisional designation | 1986 RJ |
| Orbit class | Main-belt Asteroid |
| Diameter | 5.02 km (#10,582 largest of 17,440 named asteroids with a measured size) |
| Albedo | 0.279 |
| Rotation period | 3.64 hours |
| Absolute magnitude (H) | 13.48 |
| Orbital period | 3.21 years |
| Semi-major axis | 2.18 au |
| Perihelion – aphelion | 1.75 – 2.60 au |
| Eccentricity | 0.194 |
| Inclination | 2.64° |
| Closest distance between its orbit and Earth's (MOID) | 0.738 au |
Data: NASA/JPL Small-Body Database and the IAU Minor Planet Center.
Also discovered on 8 September 1986
More named asteroids discovered by P. Jensen
- (3459) Bodil
- (3782) Celle
- (3796) Lene
- (3830) Trelleborg
- (3858) Dorchester
- (3864) Soren
- (3948) Bohr
- (3956) Caspar
- (3989) Odin
- (3990) Heimdal
- (4059) Balder
- (4088) Baggesen
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