(4750) Mukai Main-belt Asteroid

Discovered on 15 December 1990 by Fujii, T., Watanabe, K. at Kitami.

Where Mukai is today

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Seen from above the solar system on 2026-10-14: Mukai is 2.10 au from the Sun and 2.79 au from Earth. Computed from JPL's orbital elements.

Facts

Number4750
Provisional designation1990 XC1
Orbit classMain-belt Asteroid
Diameter8.67 km (#6,009 largest of 17,440 named asteroids with a measured size)
Albedo0.0690
Rotation period38.3 hours
Spectral typeX
Absolute magnitude (H)14.11
Orbital period3.23 years
Semi-major axis2.18 au
Perihelion – aphelion1.99 – 2.38 au
Eccentricity0.0899
Inclination4.90°
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 December 1990

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