(4937) Lintott Main-belt Asteroid
Discovered on 1 February 1986 by H. Debehogne at La Silla.
Chris Lintott (b. 1980), a junior fellow at Somerville College, Oxford, works on star formation. Much involved in educating the public about astronomy, he has since 2004 been co-presenter of the long-standing BBC monthly television program The Sky at Night. The name was suggested by P. Moore.Naming citation (20080618/MPCPages.arc), IAU / Minor Planet Center, via NASA/JPL
Where Lintott is today
Seen from above the solar system on 2026-10-14: Lintott is 3.02 au from the Sun and 2.52 au from Earth. Computed from JPL's orbital elements.
Facts
| Number | 4937 |
| Provisional designation | 1986 CL1 |
| Orbit class | Main-belt Asteroid |
| Diameter | 9.79 km (#5,232 largest of 17,440 named asteroids with a measured size) |
| Albedo | 0.351 |
| Rotation period | 3.12 hours |
| Absolute magnitude (H) | 12.55 |
| Orbital period | 4.19 years |
| Semi-major axis | 2.60 au |
| Perihelion – aphelion | 2.18 – 3.02 au |
| Eccentricity | 0.161 |
| Inclination | 16.9° |
| Closest distance between its orbit and Earth's (MOID) | 1.17 au |
Data: NASA/JPL Small-Body Database and the IAU Minor Planet Center.
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