(4211) Rosniblett Main-belt Asteroid
Discovered on 12 September 1987 by H. Debehogne at La Silla.
The British archaeologist Rosalind Niblett is co-author of Alban's Buried Towns: An Assessment of St. Albans' Archaeology up to A.D. 1600, the first in a series of studies of important archaeological sites in England. The citation was prepared by M. M. Dworetsky.Naming citation (20060219/MPCPages.arc), IAU / Minor Planet Center, via NASA/JPL
Where Rosniblett is today
Seen from above the solar system on 2026-10-14: Rosniblett is 2.88 au from the Sun and 3.38 au from Earth. Computed from JPL's orbital elements.
Facts
| Number | 4211 |
| Provisional designation | 1987 RT |
| Orbit class | Main-belt Asteroid |
| Diameter | 25.0 km (#1,694 largest of 17,440 named asteroids with a measured size) |
| Albedo | 0.0540 |
| Absolute magnitude (H) | 11.96 |
| Orbital period | 5.70 years |
| Semi-major axis | 3.19 au |
| Perihelion – aphelion | 2.54 – 3.84 au |
| Eccentricity | 0.203 |
| Inclination | 0.585° |
| Closest distance between its orbit and Earth's (MOID) | 1.53 au |
Data: NASA/JPL Small-Body Database and the IAU Minor Planet Center.
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