(4966) Edolsen Main-belt Asteroid
Discovered on 2 March 1981 by S. J. Bus at Siding Spring.
Edward Olsen (b. 1927) is a long-time curator of the meteorite collection at the Field Museum of Natural History in Chicago. His studies of stony-iron meteorites and phosphate minerals have focused on unraveling the processes that led to core formation in minor planets.Naming citation (20001013/MPCPages.arc), IAU / Minor Planet Center, via NASA/JPL
Where Edolsen is today
Seen from above the solar system on 2026-10-14: Edolsen is 2.37 au from the Sun and 1.93 au from Earth. Computed from JPL's orbital elements.
Facts
| Number | 4966 |
| Provisional designation | 1981 EO34 |
| Orbit class | Main-belt Asteroid |
| Diameter | 10.2 km (#4,985 largest of 17,440 named asteroids with a measured size) |
| Albedo | 0.0610 |
| Absolute magnitude (H) | 13.84 |
| Orbital period | 4.27 years |
| Semi-major axis | 2.63 au |
| Perihelion – aphelion | 2.08 – 3.19 au |
| Eccentricity | 0.211 |
| Inclination | 9.95° |
| Closest distance between its orbit and Earth's (MOID) | 1.07 au |
Data: NASA/JPL Small-Body Database and the IAU Minor Planet Center.
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