(4698) Jizera Main-belt Asteroid
Discovered on 4 September 1986 by A. Mrkos at Klet.
Named for a Czech river rising in the Jizerské hory mountains and continuing through the towns of Turnov and Mladá Boleslav to its confluence with the Labe river. Name proposed by Z. Moravec.Naming citation (19990402/MPCPages.arc), IAU / Minor Planet Center, via NASA/JPL
Where Jizera is today
Seen from above the solar system on 2026-10-14: Jizera is 2.37 au from the Sun and 1.42 au from Earth. Computed from JPL's orbital elements.
Facts
| Number | 4698 |
| Provisional designation | 1986 RO1 |
| Orbit class | Main-belt Asteroid |
| Diameter | 4.41 km (#11,819 largest of 17,440 named asteroids with a measured size) |
| Albedo | 0.337 |
| Absolute magnitude (H) | 13.63 |
| Orbital period | 3.32 years |
| Semi-major axis | 2.23 au |
| Perihelion – aphelion | 2.06 – 2.39 au |
| Eccentricity | 0.0761 |
| Inclination | 2.12° |
| Closest distance between its orbit and Earth's (MOID) | 1.05 au |
Data: NASA/JPL Small-Body Database and the IAU Minor Planet Center.
Also discovered on 4 September 1986
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