(7324) Carret Main-belt Asteroid
Discovered on 31 January 1981 by Harvard Observatory at Harvard.
Where Carret is today
Seen from above the solar system on 2026-10-14: Carret is 2.51 au from the Sun and 3.50 au from Earth. Computed from JPL's orbital elements.
Facts
| Number | 7324 |
| Provisional designation | 1981 BC |
| Orbit class | Main-belt Asteroid |
| Diameter | 5.75 km (#9,306 largest of 17,440 named asteroids with a measured size) |
| Albedo | 0.0620 |
| Rotation period | 11.3 hours |
| Absolute magnitude (H) | 14.81 |
| Orbital period | 3.77 years |
| Semi-major axis | 2.42 au |
| Perihelion – aphelion | 1.87 – 2.97 au |
| Eccentricity | 0.229 |
| Inclination | 10.2° |
| Closest distance between its orbit and Earth's (MOID) | 0.911 au |
Data: NASA/JPL Small-Body Database and the IAU Minor Planet Center.