(4706) Dennisreuter Main-belt Asteroid

Discovered on 16 February 1988 by R. Rajamohan at Kavalur.

Dennis C. Reuter (b. 1952), a physical chemist at the Goddard Space Flight Center, Greenbelt, Maryland, has developed instrumentation and techniques to measure the spectra of comets and planetary bodies thereby determining some of their surface and atmospheric properties.Naming citation (20040928/MPCPages.arc), IAU / Minor Planet Center, via NASA/JPL

Where Dennisreuter is today

Seen from above the solar system on 2026-10-14: Dennisreuter is 2.61 au from the Sun and 3.27 au from Earth. Computed from JPL's orbital elements.

Facts

Number	4706
Provisional designation	1988 DR
Orbit class	Main-belt Asteroid
Diameter	5.62 km (#9,535 largest of 17,440 named asteroids with a measured size)
Albedo	0.244
Rotation period	2.58 hours
Spectral type	S
Absolute magnitude (H)	13.76
Orbital period	3.41 years
Semi-major axis	2.27 au
Perihelion – aphelion	1.87 – 2.66 au
Eccentricity	0.175
Inclination	8.27°
Closest distance between its orbit and Earth's (MOID)	0.907 au

Data: NASA/JPL Small-Body Database and the IAU Minor Planet Center.

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