(1924) Horus Main-belt Asteroid
Discovered on 24 September 1960 by van Houten, C. J., van Houten-Groeneveld, I., Gehrels, T. at Palomar.
Named for the son of Osiris, an Egyptian god in the shape of a falcon, king of the sky and the stars.Naming citation (MPC 5013), IAU / Minor Planet Center, via NASA/JPL
Where Horus is today
Seen from above the solar system on 2026-10-14: Horus is 2.12 au from the Sun and 3.11 au from Earth. Computed from JPL's orbital elements.
Facts
| Number | 1924 |
| Provisional designation | 4023 P-L |
| Orbit class | Main-belt Asteroid |
| Diameter | 13.0 km (#3,727 largest of 17,440 named asteroids with a measured size) |
| Albedo | 0.0700 |
| Rotation period | 6.18 hours |
| Absolute magnitude (H) | 13.5 |
| Orbital period | 3.58 years |
| Semi-major axis | 2.34 au |
| Perihelion – aphelion | 2.03 – 2.65 au |
| Eccentricity | 0.132 |
| Inclination | 2.73° |
| Closest distance between its orbit and Earth's (MOID) | 1.04 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