(4798) Mercator Main-belt Asteroid
Discovered on 26 September 1989 by E. W. Elst at La Silla.
Where Mercator is today
Seen from above the solar system on 2026-10-14: Mercator is 2.33 au from the Sun and 2.77 au from Earth. Computed from JPL's orbital elements.
Facts
| Number | 4798 |
| Provisional designation | 1989 SU1 |
| Orbit class | Main-belt Asteroid |
| Diameter | 5.02 km (#10,581 largest of 17,440 named asteroids with a measured size) |
| Albedo | 0.306 |
| Absolute magnitude (H) | 13.62 |
| Orbital period | 3.26 years |
| Semi-major axis | 2.20 au |
| Perihelion – aphelion | 1.96 – 2.44 au |
| Eccentricity | 0.110 |
| Inclination | 3.66° |
| Closest distance between its orbit and Earth's (MOID) | 0.942 au |
Data: NASA/JPL Small-Body Database and the IAU Minor Planet Center.
Also discovered on 26 September 1989
- (5351) Diderot
- (5873) Archilochos
- (6240) Lucretius Carus
- (6777) Balakirev
- (6826) Lavoisier
- (7056) Kierkegaard
- (7647) Etrepigny
- (7934) Sinatra
- (8488) d'Argens
- (8649) Juglans
- (8834) Anacardium
- (8835) Annona
More named asteroids discovered by E. W. Elst
- (3631) Sigyn
- (3784) Chopin
- (3870) Mayre
- (3903) Kliment Ohridski
- (3910) Liszt
- (3912) Troja
- (3918) Brel
- (4038) Kristina
- (4226) Damiaan
- (4342) Freud
- (4344) Buxtehude
- (4345) Rachmaninoff
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