(4662) Runk Main-belt Asteroid
Discovered on 19 April 1984 by A. Mrkos at Klet.
Ferdinand Runk (1764-1834) made many landscape paintings of the Czech and Austrian countryside as the court painter of the Schwarzenberg family. A beautiful circular view from the Kleť look-out tower inspired him to make watercolors of this panoramic view in 1830. The name was suggested by J. Ticha.Naming citation (20080122/MPCPages.arc), IAU / Minor Planet Center, via NASA/JPL
Where Runk is today
Seen from above the solar system on 2026-10-14: Runk is 2.77 au from the Sun and 3.55 au from Earth. Computed from JPL's orbital elements.
Facts
| Number | 4662 |
| Provisional designation | 1984 HL |
| Orbit class | Main-belt Asteroid |
| Diameter | 16.6 km (#2,769 largest of 17,440 named asteroids with a measured size) |
| Albedo | 0.0410 |
| Absolute magnitude (H) | 13.29 |
| Orbital period | 4.67 years |
| Semi-major axis | 2.79 au |
| Perihelion – aphelion | 2.50 – 3.09 au |
| Eccentricity | 0.107 |
| Inclination | 6.07° |
| Closest distance between its orbit and Earth's (MOID) | 1.51 au |
Data: NASA/JPL Small-Body Database and the IAU Minor Planet Center.
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