(7037) Davidlean Main-belt Asteroid
Discovered on 29 January 1995 by Shimizu, Y., Urata, T. at Nachi-Katsuura.
British film director David Lean (1908-1991) was considered a master of both epics and small literary classics. He won Oscars for The Bridge over the River Kwai (1957) and Lawrence of Arabia (1962).Naming citation (19991123/MPCPages.arc), IAU / Minor Planet Center, via NASA/JPL
Where Davidlean is today
Seen from above the solar system on 2026-10-14: Davidlean is 3.40 au from the Sun and 2.66 au from Earth. Computed from JPL's orbital elements.
Facts
| Number | 7037 |
| Provisional designation | 1995 BK3 |
| Orbit class | Main-belt Asteroid |
| Diameter | 16.6 km (#2,765 largest of 17,440 named asteroids with a measured size) |
| Albedo | 0.122 |
| Absolute magnitude (H) | 12.04 |
| Orbital period | 5.46 years |
| Semi-major axis | 3.10 au |
| Perihelion – aphelion | 2.77 – 3.44 au |
| Eccentricity | 0.108 |
| Inclination | 11.1° |
| Closest distance between its orbit and Earth's (MOID) | 1.78 au |
Data: NASA/JPL Small-Body Database and the IAU Minor Planet Center.
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