(4253) Marker Main-belt Asteroid
Discovered on 11 October 1985 by C. S. Shoemaker at Palomar.
Where Marker is today
Seen from above the solar system on 2026-10-14: Marker is 2.62 au from the Sun and 3.54 au from Earth. Computed from JPL's orbital elements.
Facts
| Number | 4253 |
| Provisional designation | 1985 TN3 |
| Orbit class | Main-belt Asteroid |
| Diameter | 7.25 km (#7,375 largest of 17,440 named asteroids with a measured size) |
| Albedo | 0.307 |
| Absolute magnitude (H) | 12.85 |
| Orbital period | 4.24 years |
| Semi-major axis | 2.62 au |
| Perihelion – aphelion | 2.16 – 3.08 au |
| Eccentricity | 0.176 |
| Inclination | 14.5° |
| Closest distance between its orbit and Earth's (MOID) | 1.15 au |
Data: NASA/JPL Small-Body Database and the IAU Minor Planet Center.
Also discovered on 11 October 1985
- (3640) Gostin
- (3793) Leonteus
- (4892) Chrispollas
- (5023) Agapenor
- (6543) Senna
- (12227) Penney
- (27706) Strogen
More named asteroids discovered by C. S. Shoemaker
- (2459) Spellmann
- (2511) Patterson
- (2532) Sutton
- (2586) Matson
- (2614) Torrence
- (2686) Linda Susan
- (2705) Wu
- (2742) Gibson
- (2748) Patrick Gene
- (2773) Brooks
- (2834) Christy Carol
- (2891) McGetchin
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