(4600) Meadows Main-belt Asteroid
Discovered on 10 September 1985 by H. Debehogne at La Silla.
Jack Meadows (b. 1934), now retired from the Department of Information and Library Studies at Loughborough University, was responsible for initiating the program for detecting fast-moving objects using the infrared survey satellite IRAS. He also carried out the first ultraviolet survey of minor planets using the IUE satellite.Naming citation (20060613/MPCPages.arc), IAU / Minor Planet Center, via NASA/JPL
Where Meadows is today
Seen from above the solar system on 2026-10-14: Meadows is 2.80 au from the Sun and 3.12 au from Earth. Computed from JPL's orbital elements.
Facts
| Number | 4600 |
| Provisional designation | 1985 RE4 |
| Orbit class | Main-belt Asteroid |
| Diameter | 13.3 km (#3,607 largest of 17,440 named asteroids with a measured size) |
| Albedo | 0.190 |
| Rotation period | 11.7 hours |
| Absolute magnitude (H) | 12.1 |
| Orbital period | 5.23 years |
| Semi-major axis | 3.01 au |
| Perihelion – aphelion | 2.72 – 3.31 au |
| Eccentricity | 0.0976 |
| Inclination | 11.2° |
| Closest distance between its orbit and Earth's (MOID) | 1.71 au |
Data: NASA/JPL Small-Body Database and the IAU Minor Planet Center.
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