(4495) Dassanowsky Outer Main-belt Asteroid
Discovered on 6 November 1988 by Arai, M., Mori, H. at Yorii.
Austrian-born film pioneer, Elfi Dassanowsky (1924-2007) co-founded the Belvedere Film studio in Vienna at age 22. A piano prodigy, she was a stage actor and singer following her postwar opera debut. A Hollywood vocal coach in the 1960s, she later returned to film production, arts promotion and humanitarian efforts.Naming citation (MPC batch dated 2015-01-05), IAU / Minor Planet Center, via NASA/JPL
Where Dassanowsky is today
Seen from above the solar system on 2026-10-14: Dassanowsky is 3.82 au from the Sun and 3.00 au from Earth. Computed from JPL's orbital elements.
Facts
| Number | 4495 |
| Provisional designation | 1988 VS |
| Orbit class | Outer Main-belt Asteroid |
| Diameter | 24.4 km (#1,733 largest of 17,440 named asteroids with a measured size) |
| Albedo | 0.0820 |
| Rotation period | 502 hours |
| Absolute magnitude (H) | 11.69 |
| Orbital period | 7.88 years |
| Semi-major axis | 3.96 au |
| Perihelion – aphelion | 3.38 – 4.54 au |
| Eccentricity | 0.146 |
| Inclination | 5.28° |
| Closest distance between its orbit and Earth's (MOID) | 2.40 au |
Data: NASA/JPL Small-Body Database and the IAU Minor Planet Center.