(7349) Ernestmaes Main-belt Asteroid
Discovered on 18 August 1993 by E. W. Elst at Caussols.
Ernest Maes (b. 1915), a doctor of medicine (dermatology), has long had a great interest in anthropology, history of religion and psychiatry, resulting in several books on the critical evaluation of religious tradition.Naming citation (20020624/MPCPages.arc), IAU / Minor Planet Center, via NASA/JPL
Where Ernestmaes is today
Seen from above the solar system on 2026-10-14: Ernestmaes is 2.78 au from the Sun and 3.77 au from Earth. Computed from JPL's orbital elements.
Facts
| Number | 7349 |
| Provisional designation | 1993 QK4 |
| Orbit class | Main-belt Asteroid |
| Diameter | 7.80 km (#6,777 largest of 17,440 named asteroids with a measured size) |
| Albedo | 0.0550 |
| Absolute magnitude (H) | 14.6 |
| Orbital period | 4.39 years |
| Semi-major axis | 2.68 au |
| Perihelion – aphelion | 2.53 – 2.84 au |
| Eccentricity | 0.0577 |
| Inclination | 2.90° |
| Closest distance between its orbit and Earth's (MOID) | 1.54 au |
Data: NASA/JPL Small-Body Database and the IAU Minor Planet Center.
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