(4082) Swann Main-belt Asteroid
Discovered on 27 September 1984 by C. S. Shoemaker at Palomar.
Where Swann is today
Seen from above the solar system on 2026-10-14: Swann is 2.83 au from the Sun and 3.76 au from Earth. Computed from JPL's orbital elements.
Facts
| Number | 4082 |
| Provisional designation | 1984 SW3 |
| Orbit class | Main-belt Asteroid |
| Diameter | 9.54 km (#5,393 largest of 17,440 named asteroids with a measured size) |
| Albedo | 0.0290 |
| Rotation period | 4.04 hours |
| Spectral type | Ch |
| Absolute magnitude (H) | 13.6 |
| Orbital period | 3.70 years |
| Semi-major axis | 2.39 au |
| Perihelion – aphelion | 1.77 – 3.01 au |
| Eccentricity | 0.258 |
| Inclination | 9.60° |
| Closest distance between its orbit and Earth's (MOID) | 0.810 au |
Data: NASA/JPL Small-Body Database and the IAU Minor Planet Center.
Also discovered on 27 September 1984
- (3694) Sharon
- (3732) Vavra
- (3932) Edshay
- (4663) Falta
- (5203) Pavarotti
- (6230) Fram
- (8336) Safarik
- (23437) Sima
More named asteroids discovered by C. S. Shoemaker
- (2459) Spellmann
- (2511) Patterson
- (2532) Sutton
- (2586) Matson
- (2614) Torrence
- (2686) Linda Susan
- (2705) Wu
- (2742) Gibson
- (2748) Patrick Gene
- (2773) Brooks
- (2834) Christy Carol
- (2891) McGetchin
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