(3550) Link Main-belt Asteroid
Discovered on 20 December 1981 by A. Mrkos at Klet.
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Where Link is today
Seen from above the solar system on 2026-10-14: Link is 2.57 au from the Sun and 1.98 au from Earth. Computed from JPL's orbital elements.
Facts
| Number | 3550 |
| Provisional designation | 1981 YS |
| Orbit class | Main-belt Asteroid |
| Diameter | 26.5 km (#1,578 largest of 17,440 named asteroids with a measured size) |
| Albedo | 0.0480 |
| Rotation period | 12.4 hours |
| Absolute magnitude (H) | 11.97 |
| Orbital period | 5.00 years |
| Semi-major axis | 2.92 au |
| Perihelion – aphelion | 2.46 – 3.39 au |
| Eccentricity | 0.160 |
| Inclination | 14.7° |
| Closest distance between its orbit and Earth's (MOID) | 1.48 au |
Data: NASA/JPL Small-Body Database and the IAU Minor Planet Center.
Also discovered on 20 December 1981
More named asteroids discovered by A. Mrkos
- (2199) Klet
- (2304) Slavia
- (2325) Chernykh
- (2367) Praha
- (2403) Sumava
- (2404) Antarctica
- (2552) Remek
- (2559) Svoboda
- (2747) Cesky Krumlov
- (2811) Stremchovi
- (2889) Brno
- (2936) Nechvile
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