(4137) Crabtree Main-belt Asteroid
Discovered on 24 November 1970 by L. Kohoutek at Bergedorf.
William Crabtree (1610-1644), a cloth merchant in Salford, near Manchester, became the second person knowingly to observe a transit of Venus, after he had been alerted to the 1639 event by Jeremiah Horrocks.Naming citation (20050919/MPCPages.arc), IAU / Minor Planet Center, via NASA/JPL
Where Crabtree is today
Seen from above the solar system on 2026-10-14: Crabtree is 2.32 au from the Sun and 3.30 au from Earth. Computed from JPL's orbital elements.
Facts
| Number | 4137 |
| Provisional designation | 1970 WC |
| Orbit class | Main-belt Asteroid |
| Diameter | 6.54 km (#8,192 largest of 17,440 named asteroids with a measured size) |
| Albedo | 0.230 |
| Rotation period | 13.7 hours |
| Absolute magnitude (H) | 13.21 |
| Orbital period | 3.64 years |
| Semi-major axis | 2.36 au |
| Perihelion – aphelion | 2.32 – 2.41 au |
| Eccentricity | 0.0176 |
| Inclination | 3.80° |
| Closest distance between its orbit and Earth's (MOID) | 1.32 au |
Data: NASA/JPL Small-Body Database and the IAU Minor Planet Center.
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