(4713) Steel Inner Main-belt Asteroid
Discovered on 26 August 1989 by R. H. McNaught at Siding Spring.
Where Steel is today
Seen from above the solar system on 2026-10-14: Steel is 1.80 au from the Sun and 2.20 au from Earth. Computed from JPL's orbital elements.
Facts
| Number | 4713 |
| Provisional designation | 1989 QL |
| Orbit class | Inner Main-belt Asteroid |
| Diameter | 6.29 km (#8,523 largest of 17,440 named asteroids with a measured size) |
| Albedo | 0.381 |
| Rotation period | 5.20 hours |
| Spectral type | A |
| Absolute magnitude (H) | 13.24 |
| Orbital period | 2.67 years |
| Semi-major axis | 1.93 au |
| Perihelion – aphelion | 1.78 – 2.07 au |
| Eccentricity | 0.0735 |
| Inclination | 22.7° |
| Closest distance between its orbit and Earth's (MOID) | 0.778 au |
Data: NASA/JPL Small-Body Database and the IAU Minor Planet Center.