(8749) Beatles Main-belt Asteroid
Discovered on 3 April 1998 by J. Broughton at Reedy Creek.
The great 1960s British popular rock group from Liverpool comprised John Lennon, Paul McCartney, George Harrison and Ringo Starr. They are unequaled in the rock era as prolific song writers and innovative recording artists with George Martin.Naming citation (WGSBN Bull. 4, #11, 5), IAU / Minor Planet Center, via NASA/JPL
Where Beatles is today
Seen from above the solar system on 2026-10-14: Beatles is 2.45 au from the Sun and 2.13 au from Earth. Computed from JPL's orbital elements.
Facts
| Number | 8749 |
| Provisional designation | 1998 GJ10 |
| Orbit class | Main-belt Asteroid |
| Diameter | 3.64 km (#13,598 largest of 17,440 named asteroids with a measured size) |
| Albedo | 0.305 |
| Absolute magnitude (H) | 14.32 |
| Orbital period | 3.39 years |
| Semi-major axis | 2.25 au |
| Perihelion – aphelion | 1.83 – 2.68 au |
| Eccentricity | 0.188 |
| Inclination | 3.36° |
| Closest distance between its orbit and Earth's (MOID) | 0.850 au |
Data: NASA/JPL Small-Body Database and the IAU Minor Planet Center.