(30773) Schelde Main-belt Asteroid
Discovered on 6 September 1986 by E. W. Elst at Smolyan.
The Schelde river, with its source in Gouy (France), flows gently through Northern France, passes the cities of Cambrai and Valenciennes, and enters Flanders near Tournai (Doornik). The harbor of Antwerp, the second largest in Europe, lies on its right bank.Naming citation (WGSBN Bull. 3, #12, 10), IAU / Minor Planet Center, via NASA/JPL
Where Schelde is today
Seen from above the solar system on 2026-10-14: Schelde is 1.83 au from the Sun and 0.954 au from Earth. Computed from JPL's orbital elements.
Facts
| Number | 30773 |
| Provisional designation | 1986 RJ4 |
| Orbit class | Main-belt Asteroid |
| Diameter | 10.5 km (#4,820 largest of 17,440 named asteroids with a measured size) |
| Albedo | 0.0480 |
| Absolute magnitude (H) | 14.09 |
| Orbital period | 3.61 years |
| Semi-major axis | 2.36 au |
| Perihelion – aphelion | 1.82 – 2.89 au |
| Eccentricity | 0.227 |
| Inclination | 25.6° |
| Closest distance between its orbit and Earth's (MOID) | 0.934 au |
Data: NASA/JPL Small-Body Database and the IAU Minor Planet Center.
Also discovered on 6 September 1986
- (4208) Kiselev
- (4787) Shul'zhenko
- (5169) Duffell
- (5673) McAllister
- (5674) Wolff
- (5723) Hudson
- (5767) Moldun
- (6181) Bobweber
- (7925) Shelus
- (8078) Carolejordan
- (8477) Andrejkiselev
- (12234) Shkuratov
More named asteroids discovered by E. W. Elst
- (3631) Sigyn
- (3784) Chopin
- (3870) Mayre
- (3903) Kliment Ohridski
- (3910) Liszt
- (3912) Troja
- (3918) Brel
- (4038) Kristina
- (4226) Damiaan
- (4342) Freud
- (4344) Buxtehude
- (4345) Rachmaninoff
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