(4609) Pizarro Main-belt Asteroid
Discovered on 13 February 1988 by E. W. Elst at La Silla.
Where Pizarro is today
Seen from above the solar system on 2026-10-14: Pizarro is 3.37 au from the Sun and 4.24 au from Earth. Computed from JPL's orbital elements.
Facts
| Number | 4609 |
| Provisional designation | 1988 CT3 |
| Orbit class | Main-belt Asteroid |
| Diameter | 29.0 km (#1,423 largest of 17,440 named asteroids with a measured size) |
| Albedo | 0.0530 |
| Absolute magnitude (H) | 12.02 |
| Orbital period | 5.49 years |
| Semi-major axis | 3.11 au |
| Perihelion – aphelion | 2.77 – 3.45 au |
| Eccentricity | 0.108 |
| Inclination | 13.4° |
| Closest distance between its orbit and Earth's (MOID) | 1.79 au |
Data: NASA/JPL Small-Body Database and the IAU Minor Planet Center.
Also discovered on 13 February 1988
- (3870) Mayre
- (4636) Chile
- (4705) Secchi
- (5115) Frimout
- (5956) d'Alembert
- (6036) Weinberg
- (6439) Tirol
- (6598) Modugno
- (6956) Holbach
- (9313) Protea
- (10506) Rydberg
- (10734) Wieck
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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