(4298) Jorgenunez Main-belt Asteroid
Discovered on 17 November 1941 by I. Polit at Barcelona.
The main research interests of physicist and astronomer Jorge Núnez (b. 1953) are robotic observatories and the treatment of astronomical CCD images, an area to which he has contributed many refereed papers. Since 2002 he has been a member of the Royal Academy of Sciences and Arts of Barcelona.Naming citation (20091202/MPCPages.arc), IAU / Minor Planet Center, via NASA/JPL
Where Jorgenunez is today
Seen from above the solar system on 2026-10-14: Jorgenunez is 2.19 au from the Sun and 1.23 au from Earth. Computed from JPL's orbital elements.
Facts
| Number | 4298 |
| Provisional designation | 1941 WA |
| Orbit class | Main-belt Asteroid |
| Diameter | 16.5 km (#2,786 largest of 17,440 named asteroids with a measured size) |
| Albedo | 0.0770 |
| Rotation period | 30.5 hours |
| Absolute magnitude (H) | 12.71 |
| Orbital period | 5.35 years |
| Semi-major axis | 3.06 au |
| Perihelion – aphelion | 2.19 – 3.93 au |
| Eccentricity | 0.285 |
| Inclination | 3.29° |
| Closest distance between its orbit and Earth's (MOID) | 1.20 au |
Data: NASA/JPL Small-Body Database and the IAU Minor Planet Center.
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