(4049) Noragal' Main-belt Asteroid
Discovered on 31 August 1973 by T. M. Smirnova at Nauchnyj.
Named in memory of Eleonora Yakovlevna Galʹperina (1912–1992), literary critic and translator, well-known under her pseudonym Nora Galʹ for her Russian translations of foreign works, namely those by the authors Theodor Dreiser, Ethel Lilian Voynich, Jack London, Antoine de Saint-Exupery and others. Name proposed by E. A. Taratuta.Naming citation (WGSBN Bull. 6, #10, 5), IAU / Minor Planet Center, via NASA/JPL
Where Noragal' is today
Seen from above the solar system on 2026-10-14: Noragal' is 2.49 au from the Sun and 3.19 au from Earth. Computed from JPL's orbital elements.
Facts
| Number | 4049 |
| Provisional designation | 1973 QD2 |
| Orbit class | Main-belt Asteroid |
| Diameter | 19.5 km (#2,272 largest of 17,440 named asteroids with a measured size) |
| Albedo | 0.0610 |
| Rotation period | 9.20 hours |
| Absolute magnitude (H) | 12.41 |
| Orbital period | 5.37 years |
| Semi-major axis | 3.07 au |
| Perihelion – aphelion | 2.22 – 3.91 au |
| Eccentricity | 0.275 |
| Inclination | 2.38° |
| Closest distance between its orbit and Earth's (MOID) | 1.21 au |
Data: NASA/JPL Small-Body Database and the IAU Minor Planet Center.
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