(4043) Perolof Main-belt Asteroid
Discovered on 17 October 1977 by van Houten, C. J., van Houten-Groeneveld, I., Gehrels, T. at Palomar.
Where Perolof is today
Seen from above the solar system on 2026-10-14: Perolof is 2.84 au from the Sun and 2.16 au from Earth. Computed from JPL's orbital elements.
Facts
| Number | 4043 |
| Provisional designation | 1175 T-3 |
| Orbit class | Main-belt Asteroid |
| Diameter | 17.7 km (#2,553 largest of 17,440 named asteroids with a measured size) |
| Albedo | 0.0540 |
| Rotation period | 5.49 hours |
| Absolute magnitude (H) | 12.61 |
| Orbital period | 5.50 years |
| Semi-major axis | 3.12 au |
| Perihelion – aphelion | 2.82 – 3.41 au |
| Eccentricity | 0.0961 |
| Inclination | 6.57° |
| Closest distance between its orbit and Earth's (MOID) | 1.80 au |
Data: NASA/JPL Small-Body Database and the IAU Minor Planet Center.
Also discovered on 17 October 1977
- (6147) Straub
- (7447) Marcusaurelius
- (7854) Laotse
- (8440) Wigeon
- (9825) Oetken
- (10981) Fransaris
- (11773) Schouten
- (11774) Jerne
- (12648) Ibarbourou
- (34978) van 't Hoff
- (55701) Ukalegon
- (55702) Thymoitos
More named asteroids discovered by van Houten, C. J., van Houten-Groeneveld, I., Gehrels, T.
- (1743) Schmidt
- (1744) Harriet
- (1776) Kuiper
- (1777) Gehrels
- (1778) Alfven
- (1795) Woltjer
- (1808) Bellerophon
- (1809) Prometheus
- (1810) Epimetheus
- (1811) Bruwer
- (1812) Gilgamesh
- (1813) Imhotep
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