(2440) Educatio Main-belt Asteroid
Discovered on 7 November 1978 by Helin, E. F., Bus, S. J. at Palomar.
Where Educatio is today
Seen from above the solar system on 2026-10-14: Educatio is 2.14 au from the Sun and 3.10 au from Earth. Computed from JPL's orbital elements.
Facts
| Number | 2440 |
| Provisional designation | 1978 VQ4 |
| Orbit class | Main-belt Asteroid |
| Diameter | 6.59 km (#8,146 largest of 17,440 named asteroids with a measured size) |
| Albedo | 0.247 |
| Rotation period | 1,561 hours |
| Absolute magnitude (H) | 13.36 |
| Orbital period | 3.30 years |
| Semi-major axis | 2.22 au |
| Perihelion – aphelion | 1.85 – 2.58 au |
| Eccentricity | 0.163 |
| Inclination | 4.10° |
| Closest distance between its orbit and Earth's (MOID) | 0.843 au |
Data: NASA/JPL Small-Body Database and the IAU Minor Planet Center.
Also discovered on 7 November 1978
- (2324) Janice
- (2499) Brunk
- (2611) Boyce
- (2725) David Bender
- (2925) Beatty
- (3240) Laocoon
- (3449) Abell
- (3651) Friedman
- (3718) Dunbar
- (3926) Ramirez
- (4012) Geballe
- (4069) Blakee
More named asteroids discovered by Helin, E. F., Bus, S. J.
- (2324) Janice
- (2343) Siding Spring
- (2392) Jonathan Murray
- (2441) Hibbs
- (2499) Brunk
- (2611) Boyce
- (2618) Coonabarabran
- (2619) Skalnate Pleso
- (2628) Kopal
- (2682) Soromundi
- (2704) Julian Loewe
- (2725) David Bender
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