(2003) Harding Main-belt Asteroid
Discovered on 24 September 1960 by van Houten, C. J., van Houten-Groeneveld, I., Gehrels, T. at Palomar.
Where Harding is today
Seen from above the solar system on 2026-10-14: Harding is 2.67 au from the Sun and 3.06 au from Earth. Computed from JPL's orbital elements.
Facts
| Number | 2003 |
| Provisional designation | 6559 P-L |
| Orbit class | Main-belt Asteroid |
| Diameter | 20.2 km (#2,184 largest of 17,440 named asteroids with a measured size) |
| Albedo | 0.0650 |
| Rotation period | 4.45 hours |
| Absolute magnitude (H) | 12.22 |
| Orbital period | 5.35 years |
| Semi-major axis | 3.06 au |
| Perihelion – aphelion | 2.67 – 3.45 au |
| Eccentricity | 0.128 |
| Inclination | 1.87° |
| Closest distance between its orbit and Earth's (MOID) | 1.68 au |
Data: NASA/JPL Small-Body Database and the IAU Minor Planet Center.
Also discovered on 24 September 1960
- (1743) Schmidt
- (1744) Harriet
- (1776) Kuiper
- (1777) Gehrels
- (1795) Woltjer
- (1808) Bellerophon
- (1809) Prometheus
- (1810) Epimetheus
- (1811) Bruwer
- (1812) Gilgamesh
- (1846) Bengt
- (1868) Thersites
More named asteroids discovered by van Houten, C. J., van Houten-Groeneveld, I., Gehrels, T.
- (1743) Schmidt
- (1744) Harriet
- (1776) Kuiper
- (1777) Gehrels
- (1778) Alfven
- (1795) Woltjer
- (1808) Bellerophon
- (1809) Prometheus
- (1810) Epimetheus
- (1811) Bruwer
- (1812) Gilgamesh
- (1813) Imhotep
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