(4379) Snelling Main-belt Asteroid
Discovered on 13 August 1988 by Shoemaker, C. S., Shoemaker, E. M. at Palomar.
Where Snelling is today
Seen from above the solar system on 2026-10-14: Snelling is 3.38 au from the Sun and 4.09 au from Earth. Computed from JPL's orbital elements.
Facts
| Number | 4379 |
| Provisional designation | 1988 PT1 |
| Orbit class | Main-belt Asteroid |
| Diameter | 20.1 km (#2,192 largest of 17,440 named asteroids with a measured size) |
| Albedo | 0.0630 |
| Rotation period | 7.24 hours |
| Absolute magnitude (H) | 11.95 |
| Orbital period | 5.62 years |
| Semi-major axis | 3.16 au |
| Perihelion – aphelion | 2.78 – 3.55 au |
| Eccentricity | 0.122 |
| Inclination | 21.7° |
| Closest distance between its orbit and Earth's (MOID) | 1.78 au |
Data: NASA/JPL Small-Body Database and the IAU Minor Planet Center.
Also discovered on 13 August 1988
- (3918) Brel
- (4347) Reger
- (4707) Khryses
- (5471) Tunguska
- (5866) Sachsen
- (6549) Skryabin
- (8826) Corneville
- (8827) Kollwitz
- (9315) Weigel
- (12240) Droste-Hulshoff
- (12241) Lefort
- (21010) Kishon
More named asteroids discovered by Shoemaker, C. S., Shoemaker, E. M.
- (3025) Higson
- (3199) Nefertiti
- (3225) Hoag
- (3317) Paris
- (3554) Amun
- (3671) Dionysus
- (3700) Geowilliams
- (3854) George
- (3880) Kaiserman
- (3927) Feliciaplatt
- (3977) Maxine
- (4151) Alanhale
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