(4595) Prinz Main-belt Asteroid
Discovered on 2 March 1981 by S. J. Bus at Siding Spring.
Martin (Marty) Prinz (b. 1931) is a long-time curator of the meteorite collection at the American Museum of Natural History in New York. Prinz has worked on a wide range of meteorite types and associated geologic processes and is perhaps best known for his work on silicate inclusions in iron meteorites.Naming citation (20001013/MPCPages.arc), IAU / Minor Planet Center, via NASA/JPL
Where Prinz is today
Seen from above the solar system on 2026-10-14: Prinz is 2.51 au from the Sun and 2.58 au from Earth. Computed from JPL's orbital elements.
Facts
| Number | 4595 |
| Provisional designation | 1981 EZ2 |
| Orbit class | Main-belt Asteroid |
| Diameter | 3.83 km (#13,143 largest of 17,440 named asteroids with a measured size) |
| Albedo | 0.398 |
| Absolute magnitude (H) | 14.2 |
| Orbital period | 4.04 years |
| Semi-major axis | 2.54 au |
| Perihelion – aphelion | 2.28 – 2.79 au |
| Eccentricity | 0.0997 |
| Inclination | 8.65° |
| Closest distance between its orbit and Earth's (MOID) | 1.28 au |
Data: NASA/JPL Small-Body Database and the IAU Minor Planet Center.
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