(3868) Mendoza Main-belt Asteroid
Discovered on 24 September 1960 by van Houten, C. J., van Houten-Groeneveld, I., Gehrels, T. at Palomar.
Where Mendoza is today
Seen from above the solar system on 2026-10-14: Mendoza is 2.56 au from the Sun and 3.54 au from Earth. Computed from JPL's orbital elements.
Facts
| Number | 3868 |
| Provisional designation | 4575 P-L |
| Orbit class | Main-belt Asteroid |
| Diameter | 8.63 km (#6,044 largest of 17,440 named asteroids with a measured size) |
| Albedo | 0.218 |
| Rotation period | 2.77 hours |
| Absolute magnitude (H) | 12.67 |
| Orbital period | 3.57 years |
| Semi-major axis | 2.33 au |
| Perihelion – aphelion | 2.10 – 2.57 au |
| Eccentricity | 0.0990 |
| Inclination | 8.12° |
| Closest distance between its orbit and Earth's (MOID) | 1.10 au |
Data: NASA/JPL Small-Body Database and the IAU Minor Planet Center.
Also discovered on 24 September 1960
- (1743) Schmidt
- (1744) Harriet
- (1776) Kuiper
- (1777) Gehrels
- (1795) Woltjer
- (1808) Bellerophon
- (1809) Prometheus
- (1810) Epimetheus
- (1811) Bruwer
- (1812) Gilgamesh
- (1846) Bengt
- (1868) Thersites