(3656) Hemingway Main-belt Asteroid

Discovered on 31 August 1978 by N. S. Chernykh at Nauchnyj.

Where Hemingway is today

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Seen from above the solar system on 2026-10-14: Hemingway is 2.00 au from the Sun and 3.00 au from Earth. Computed from JPL's orbital elements.

Facts

Number3656
Provisional designation1978 QX
Orbit classMain-belt Asteroid
Diameter5.29 km (#10,064 largest of 17,440 named asteroids with a measured size)
Albedo0.229
Rotation period5.63 hours
Absolute magnitude (H)13.61
Orbital period3.27 years
Semi-major axis2.20 au
Perihelion – aphelion1.90 – 2.51 au
Eccentricity0.139
Inclination0.809°
Closest distance between its orbit and Earth's (MOID)0.883 au

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

Also discovered on 31 August 1978

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