(3688) Navajo Outer Main-belt Asteroid
Discovered on 30 March 1981 by E. Bowell at Anderson Mesa.
Where Navajo is today
Seen from above the solar system on 2026-10-14: Navajo is 2.51 au from the Sun and 1.95 au from Earth. Computed from JPL's orbital elements.
Facts
| Number | 3688 |
| Provisional designation | 1981 FD |
| Orbit class | Outer Main-belt Asteroid |
| Diameter | 6.09 km (#8,797 largest of 17,440 named asteroids with a measured size) |
| Albedo | 0.0470 |
| Absolute magnitude (H) | 15.29 |
| Orbital period | 5.78 years |
| Semi-major axis | 3.22 au |
| Perihelion – aphelion | 1.68 – 4.76 au |
| Eccentricity | 0.478 |
| Inclination | 2.56° |
| Closest distance between its orbit and Earth's (MOID) | 0.691 au |
Data: NASA/JPL Small-Body Database and the IAU Minor Planet Center.
Also discovered on 30 March 1981
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- (2246) Bowell
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- (2316) Jo-Ann
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- (2357) Phereclos
- (2383) Bradley
- (2409) Chapman
- (2410) Morrison
- (2411) Zellner
- (2421) Nininger
- (2432) Soomana
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