(3527) McCord Main-belt Asteroid
Discovered on 15 April 1985 by E. Bowell at Anderson Mesa.
Where McCord is today
Seen from above the solar system on 2026-10-14: McCord is 2.03 au from the Sun and 3.02 au from Earth. Computed from JPL's orbital elements.
Facts
| Number | 3527 |
| Provisional designation | 1985 GE1 |
| Orbit class | Main-belt Asteroid |
| Diameter | 7.16 km (#7,446 largest of 17,440 named asteroids with a measured size) |
| Albedo | 0.208 |
| Rotation period | 321 hours |
| Spectral type | S |
| Absolute magnitude (H) | 12.98 |
| Orbital period | 3.47 years |
| Semi-major axis | 2.29 au |
| Perihelion – aphelion | 2.01 – 2.57 au |
| Eccentricity | 0.121 |
| Inclination | 5.51° |
| Closest distance between its orbit and Earth's (MOID) | 1.01 au |
Data: NASA/JPL Small-Body Database and the IAU Minor Planet Center.
Also discovered on 15 April 1985
- (3663) Tisserand
- (4175) Billbaum
- (4532) Copland
- (4569) Baerbel
- (5100) Pasachoff
- (6371) Heinlein
- (7228) MacGillivray
- (8474) Rettig