(4579) Puccini Main-belt Asteroid
Discovered on 11 January 1989 by F. Borngen at Tautenburg.
Where Puccini is today
Seen from above the solar system on 2026-10-14: Puccini is 2.23 au from the Sun and 3.19 au from Earth. Computed from JPL's orbital elements.
Facts
| Number | 4579 |
| Provisional designation | 1989 AT6 |
| Orbit class | Main-belt Asteroid |
| Diameter | 4.47 km (#11,680 largest of 17,440 named asteroids with a measured size) |
| Albedo | 0.303 |
| Rotation period | 26.4 hours |
| Absolute magnitude (H) | 14.0 |
| Orbital period | 3.72 years |
| Semi-major axis | 2.40 au |
| Perihelion – aphelion | 2.04 – 2.76 au |
| Eccentricity | 0.151 |
| Inclination | 2.21° |
| Closest distance between its orbit and Earth's (MOID) | 1.02 au |
Data: NASA/JPL Small-Body Database and the IAU Minor Planet Center.
Also discovered on 11 January 1989
- (4559) Strauss
- (4834) Thoas
- (5375) Siedentopf
- (5816) Potsdam
- (5846) Hessen
- (7119) Hiera
- (7698) Schweitzer
- (10067) Bertuch
- (10745) Arnstadt
- (13024) Conradferdinand
- (15710) Bocklin
- (16438) Knofel
More named asteroids discovered by F. Borngen
- (3181) Ahnert
- (3245) Jensch
- (3338) Richter
- (3539) Weimar
- (3540) Protesilaos
- (3802) Dornburg
- (3808) Tempel
- (3826) Handel
- (3917) Franz Schubert
- (3941) Haydn
- (3943) Silbermann
- (3954) Mendelssohn
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