(1636) Porter Main-belt Asteroid
Discovered on 23 January 1950 by K. Reinmuth at Heidelberg.
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Where Porter is today
Seen from above the solar system on 2026-10-14: Porter is 2.15 au from the Sun and 2.61 au from Earth. Computed from JPL's orbital elements.
Facts
| Number | 1636 |
| Provisional designation | 1950 BH |
| Orbit class | Main-belt Asteroid |
| Diameter | 8.37 km (#6,249 largest of 17,440 named asteroids with a measured size) |
| Albedo | 0.145 |
| Rotation period | 2.97 hours |
| Spectral type | S |
| Absolute magnitude (H) | 12.24 |
| Orbital period | 3.34 years |
| Semi-major axis | 2.23 au |
| Perihelion – aphelion | 1.95 – 2.52 au |
| Eccentricity | 0.127 |
| Inclination | 4.44° |
| Closest distance between its orbit and Earth's (MOID) | 0.963 au |
Data: NASA/JPL Small-Body Database and the IAU Minor Planet Center.
Also discovered on 23 January 1950
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