(4388) Jurgenstock Main-belt Asteroid
Discovered on 3 November 1964 by Indiana University at Brooklyn.
The German-Venezuelan astronomer Jürgen Stock (b. 1923), renowned as a developer of observatories and their sites, has served as director of the Cerro Tololo Interamerican Observatory and the Venezuelan National Observatory.Naming citation (19990928/MPCPages.arc), IAU / Minor Planet Center, via NASA/JPL
Where Jurgenstock is today
Seen from above the solar system on 2026-10-14: Jurgenstock is 2.59 au from the Sun and 3.51 au from Earth. Computed from JPL's orbital elements.
Facts
| Number | 4388 |
| Provisional designation | 1964 VE |
| Orbit class | Main-belt Asteroid |
| Diameter | 4.69 km (#11,252 largest of 17,440 named asteroids with a measured size) |
| Albedo | 0.320 |
| Rotation period | 2.81 hours |
| Absolute magnitude (H) | 13.64 |
| Orbital period | 3.58 years |
| Semi-major axis | 2.34 au |
| Perihelion – aphelion | 1.69 – 2.99 au |
| Eccentricity | 0.279 |
| Inclination | 24.6° |
| Closest distance between its orbit and Earth's (MOID) | 0.702 au |
Data: NASA/JPL Small-Body Database and the IAU Minor Planet Center.
Also named after someone called Jurgen
All asteroids named after someone called Jurgen
Also discovered on 3 November 1964
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