(4726) Federer Main-belt Asteroid
Discovered on 25 September 1976 by Harvard Observatory at Harvard.
Where Federer is today
Seen from above the solar system on 2026-10-14: Federer is 2.79 au from the Sun and 2.00 au from Earth. Computed from JPL's orbital elements.
Facts
| Number | 4726 |
| Provisional designation | 1976 SV10 |
| Orbit class | Main-belt Asteroid |
| Diameter | 8.34 km (#6,274 largest of 17,440 named asteroids with a measured size) |
| Albedo | 0.254 |
| Spectral type | L |
| Absolute magnitude (H) | 12.99 |
| Orbital period | 4.52 years |
| Semi-major axis | 2.73 au |
| Perihelion – aphelion | 2.53 – 2.94 au |
| Eccentricity | 0.0741 |
| Inclination | 2.04° |
| Closest distance between its orbit and Earth's (MOID) | 1.52 au |
Data: NASA/JPL Small-Body Database and the IAU Minor Planet Center.
Also discovered on 25 September 1976
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