(9471) Ostend Main-belt Asteroid
Discovered on 26 July 1998 by E. W. Elst at La Silla.
Where Ostend is today
Seen from above the solar system on 2026-10-14: Ostend is 2.71 au from the Sun and 2.00 au from Earth. Computed from JPL's orbital elements.
Facts
| Number | 9471 |
| Provisional designation | 1998 OU13 |
| Orbit class | Main-belt Asteroid |
| Diameter | 5.71 km (#9,365 largest of 17,440 named asteroids with a measured size) |
| Albedo | 0.236 |
| Absolute magnitude (H) | 13.59 |
| Orbital period | 4.66 years |
| Semi-major axis | 2.79 au |
| Perihelion – aphelion | 2.56 – 3.02 au |
| Eccentricity | 0.0820 |
| Inclination | 2.43° |
| Closest distance between its orbit and Earth's (MOID) | 1.58 au |
Data: NASA/JPL Small-Body Database and the IAU Minor Planet Center.
Also discovered on 26 July 1998
- (9470) Jussieu
- (9472) Bruges
- (9473) Ghent
- (12540) Picander
- (12873) Clausewitz
- (13253) Stejneger
- (13254) Kekule
- (13256) Marne
- (13703) Romero
- (20404) Javiersuarez
- (22645) Rotblat
- (22647) Levi-Strauss
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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