(4979) Otawara Main-belt Asteroid
Discovered on 2 August 1949 by K. Reinmuth at Heidelberg.
Where Otawara is today
Seen from above the solar system on 2026-10-14: Otawara is 2.27 au from the Sun and 1.32 au from Earth. Computed from JPL's orbital elements.
Facts
| Number | 4979 |
| Provisional designation | 1949 PQ |
| Orbit class | Main-belt Asteroid |
| Diameter | 3.20 km (#14,694 largest of 17,440 named asteroids with a measured size) |
| Albedo | 0.244 |
| Rotation period | 2.71 hours |
| Absolute magnitude (H) | 14.43 |
| Orbital period | 3.19 years |
| Semi-major axis | 2.17 au |
| Perihelion – aphelion | 1.85 – 2.48 au |
| Eccentricity | 0.145 |
| Inclination | 0.909° |
| Closest distance between its orbit and Earth's (MOID) | 0.836 au |
Data: NASA/JPL Small-Body Database and the IAU Minor Planet Center.
Also discovered on 2 August 1949
- (1682) Karel
- (1820) Lohmann
- (2465) Wilson
- (2591) Dworetsky
- (3020) Naudts
- (3183) Franzkaiser
- (3938) Chapront
- (4001) Ptolemaeus
- (6260) Kelsey
More named asteroids discovered by K. Reinmuth
- (796) Sarita
- (799) Gudula
- (864) Aase
- (909) Ulla
- (910) Anneliese
- (911) Agamemnon
- (913) Otila
- (918) Itha
- (920) Rogeria
- (921) Jovita
- (922) Schlutia
- (923) Herluga
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