(4784) Samcarin Main-belt Asteroid
Discovered on 28 February 1984 by H. Debehogne at La Silla.
Samcarin is the Sanskrit word for wanderer. Name suggested by the SGAC Name An Asteroid Campaign.Naming citation (MPC batch dated 2014-09-09), IAU / Minor Planet Center, via NASA/JPL
Where Samcarin is today
Seen from above the solar system on 2026-10-14: Samcarin is 2.73 au from the Sun and 1.96 au from Earth. Computed from JPL's orbital elements.
Facts
| Number | 4784 |
| Provisional designation | 1984 DF1 |
| Orbit class | Main-belt Asteroid |
| Diameter | 5.99 km (#8,938 largest of 17,440 named asteroids with a measured size) |
| Albedo | 0.310 |
| Absolute magnitude (H) | 13.36 |
| Orbital period | 4.38 years |
| Semi-major axis | 2.68 au |
| Perihelion – aphelion | 2.37 – 2.99 au |
| Eccentricity | 0.116 |
| Inclination | 3.55° |
| Closest distance between its orbit and Earth's (MOID) | 1.37 au |
Data: NASA/JPL Small-Body Database and the IAU Minor Planet Center.
Also discovered on 28 February 1984
More named asteroids discovered by H. Debehogne
- (2364) Seillier
- (2543) Machado
- (2590) Mourao
- (2673) Lossignol
- (2707) Ueferji
- (2814) Vieira
- (2852) Declercq
- (2926) Caldeira
- (3002) Delasalle
- (3138) Ciney
- (3274) Maillen
- (3365) Recogne
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