(4344) Buxtehude Main-belt Asteroid
Discovered on 11 February 1988 by E. W. Elst at La Silla.
Where Buxtehude is today
Seen from above the solar system on 2026-10-14: Buxtehude is 2.91 au from the Sun and 3.58 au from Earth. Computed from JPL's orbital elements.
Facts
| Number | 4344 |
| Provisional designation | 1988 CR1 |
| Orbit class | Main-belt Asteroid |
| Diameter | 15.9 km (#2,914 largest of 17,440 named asteroids with a measured size) |
| Albedo | 0.0540 |
| Rotation period | 18.1 hours |
| Absolute magnitude (H) | 12.91 |
| Orbital period | 5.50 years |
| Semi-major axis | 3.12 au |
| Perihelion – aphelion | 2.75 – 3.48 au |
| Eccentricity | 0.116 |
| Inclination | 2.39° |
| Closest distance between its orbit and Earth's (MOID) | 1.75 au |
Data: NASA/JPL Small-Body Database and the IAU Minor Planet Center.
Also discovered on 11 February 1988
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- (4825) Ventura
- (5204) Herakleitos
- (5205) Servian
- (6001) Thales
- (6186) Zenon
- (6294) Czerny
- (6295) Schmoll
- (7012) Hobbes
- (9569) Quintenmatsijs
- (9839) Crabbegat
- (10057) L'Obel