(4413) Mycerinos Main-belt Asteroid

Discovered on 24 September 1960 by van Houten, C. J., van Houten-Groeneveld, I., Gehrels, T. at Palomar.

Where Mycerinos is today

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Seen from above the solar system on 2026-10-14: Mycerinos is 2.22 au from the Sun and 1.73 au from Earth. Computed from JPL's orbital elements.

Facts

Number4413
Provisional designation4020 P-L
Orbit classMain-belt Asteroid
Diameter5.12 km (#10,404 largest of 17,440 named asteroids with a measured size)
Albedo0.223
Absolute magnitude (H)13.91
Orbital period3.64 years
Semi-major axis2.37 au
Perihelion – aphelion2.20 – 2.53 au
Eccentricity0.0713
Inclination2.27°
Closest distance between its orbit and Earth's (MOID)1.20 au

Data: NASA/JPL Small-Body Database and the IAU Minor Planet Center.

Also discovered on 24 September 1960

More named asteroids discovered by van Houten, C. J., van Houten-Groeneveld, I., Gehrels, T.