(4050) Mebailey Main-belt Asteroid
Discovered on 20 September 1976 by Lagerkvist, C.-I., Rickman, H. at Kvistaberg.
Where Mebailey is today
Seen from above the solar system on 2026-10-14: Mebailey is 3.20 au from the Sun and 3.31 au from Earth. Computed from JPL's orbital elements.
Facts
| Number | 4050 |
| Provisional designation | 1976 SF |
| Orbit class | Main-belt Asteroid |
| Diameter | 16.6 km (#2,764 largest of 17,440 named asteroids with a measured size) |
| Albedo | 0.0690 |
| Absolute magnitude (H) | 12.79 |
| Orbital period | 5.69 years |
| Semi-major axis | 3.19 au |
| Perihelion – aphelion | 2.76 – 3.62 au |
| Eccentricity | 0.134 |
| Inclination | 1.48° |
| Closest distance between its orbit and Earth's (MOID) | 1.76 au |
Data: NASA/JPL Small-Body Database and the IAU Minor Planet Center.