(7624) Gluck Main-belt Asteroid

Discovered on 25 March 1971 by van Houten, C. J., van Houten-Groeneveld, I., Gehrels, T. at Palomar.

Where Gluck is today

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Seen from above the solar system on 2026-10-14: Gluck is 2.88 au from the Sun and 2.53 au from Earth. Computed from JPL's orbital elements.

Facts

Number7624
Provisional designation1251 T-1
Orbit classMain-belt Asteroid
Diameter8.34 km (#6,278 largest of 17,440 named asteroids with a measured size)
Albedo0.193
Absolute magnitude (H)13.18
Orbital period5.34 years
Semi-major axis3.05 au
Perihelion – aphelion2.74 – 3.37 au
Eccentricity0.104
Inclination9.13°
Closest distance between its orbit and Earth's (MOID)1.74 au

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

Also discovered on 25 March 1971

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