(3665) Fitzgerald Main-belt Asteroid

Discovered on 19 March 1979 by A. Mrkos at Klet.

Named in memory of Ella Fitzgerald (1917-1996), renowned jazz singer known internationally as the “First Lady of Song”. A phenomenal improvisationalist who used her voice as if it were a musical instrument, she was also known for her albums of definitive performances of the works of many of the leading songwriters of the first half of the twentieth century. Name proposed by M. Tichý and B. G. Marsden.Naming citation (19960828/MPCPages.arc), IAU / Minor Planet Center, via NASA/JPL

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Where Fitzgerald is today

Seen from above the solar system on 2026-10-14: Fitzgerald is 2.21 au from the Sun and 1.42 au from Earth. Computed from JPL's orbital elements.

Facts

Number	3665
Provisional designation	1979 FE
Orbit class	Main-belt Asteroid
Diameter	7.69 km (#6,881 largest of 17,440 named asteroids with a measured size)
Albedo	0.205
Rotation period	2.41 hours
Absolute magnitude (H)	13.17
Orbital period	3.76 years
Semi-major axis	2.42 au
Perihelion – aphelion	2.20 – 2.63 au
Eccentricity	0.0885
Inclination	15.1°
Closest distance between its orbit and Earth's (MOID)	1.27 au

Data: NASA/JPL Small-Body Database and the IAU Minor Planet Center.

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