(3244) Petronius Main-belt Asteroid
Discovered on 24 September 1960 by van Houten, C. J., van Houten-Groeneveld, I., Gehrels, T. at Palomar.
Where Petronius is today
Seen from above the solar system on 2026-10-14: Petronius is 2.56 au from the Sun and 3.41 au from Earth. Computed from JPL's orbital elements.
Facts
| Number | 3244 |
| Provisional designation | 4008 P-L |
| Orbit class | Main-belt Asteroid |
| Diameter | 3.78 km (#13,255 largest of 17,440 named asteroids with a measured size) |
| Albedo | 0.267 |
| Rotation period | 41.1 hours |
| Absolute magnitude (H) | 14.1 |
| Orbital period | 3.36 years |
| Semi-major axis | 2.24 au |
| Perihelion – aphelion | 1.87 – 2.61 au |
| Eccentricity | 0.164 |
| Inclination | 3.68° |
| Closest distance between its orbit and Earth's (MOID) | 0.882 au |
Data: NASA/JPL Small-Body Database and the IAU Minor Planet Center.
Also discovered on 24 September 1960
- (1743) Schmidt
- (1744) Harriet
- (1776) Kuiper
- (1777) Gehrels
- (1795) Woltjer
- (1808) Bellerophon
- (1809) Prometheus
- (1810) Epimetheus
- (1811) Bruwer
- (1812) Gilgamesh
- (1846) Bengt
- (1868) Thersites
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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