(4854) Edscott Main-belt Asteroid
Discovered on 2 March 1981 by S. J. Bus at Siding Spring.
Edward Scott (b. 1947), professor at the University of Hawaii, began his career by deciphering how minor planet cores fractionally crystallized to produce the observed range of iron meteorite compositions. His current work focuses on the chemical and physical processes that operated in the solar nebula.Naming citation (20001013/MPCPages.arc), IAU / Minor Planet Center, via NASA/JPL
Where Edscott is today
Seen from above the solar system on 2026-10-14: Edscott is 3.04 au from the Sun and 3.41 au from Earth. Computed from JPL's orbital elements.
Facts
| Number | 4854 |
| Provisional designation | 1981 ED27 |
| Orbit class | Main-belt Asteroid |
| Diameter | 10.1 km (#5,037 largest of 17,440 named asteroids with a measured size) |
| Albedo | 0.144 |
| Absolute magnitude (H) | 13.08 |
| Orbital period | 5.16 years |
| Semi-major axis | 2.98 au |
| Perihelion – aphelion | 2.81 – 3.16 au |
| Eccentricity | 0.0599 |
| Inclination | 10.7° |
| Closest distance between its orbit and Earth's (MOID) | 1.82 au |
Data: NASA/JPL Small-Body Database and the IAU Minor Planet Center.
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