(8335) Sarton Main-belt Asteroid

Discovered on 28 February 1984 by H. Debehogne at La Silla.

Belgian-born mathematician George Alfred Leon Sarton (1884-1956) moved to the U.S. in 1915. Founder of the magazines Isis and Osiris, author of influential books and a professor at Harvard University, he is credited with introducing the history of science as an important field of study in the U.S.Naming citation (20060809/MPCPages.arc), IAU / Minor Planet Center, via NASA/JPL

Where Sarton is today

Seen from above the solar system on 2026-10-14: Sarton is 2.45 au from the Sun and 2.34 au from Earth. Computed from JPL's orbital elements.

Facts

Number	8335
Provisional designation	1984 DD1
Orbit class	Main-belt Asteroid
Diameter	3.72 km (#13,396 largest of 17,440 named asteroids with a measured size)
Albedo	0.168
Absolute magnitude (H)	14.54
Orbital period	3.33 years
Semi-major axis	2.23 au
Perihelion – aphelion	1.99 – 2.47 au
Eccentricity	0.109
Inclination	3.24°
Closest distance between its orbit and Earth's (MOID)	0.977 au

Data: NASA/JPL Small-Body Database and the IAU Minor Planet Center.

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