(7621) Sweelinck Main-belt Asteroid

Discovered on 24 September 1960 by van Houten, C. J., van Houten-Groeneveld, I., Gehrels, T. at Palomar.

Where Sweelinck is today

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Seen from above the solar system on 2026-10-14: Sweelinck is 2.92 au from the Sun and 3.32 au from Earth. Computed from JPL's orbital elements.

Facts

Number7621
Provisional designation4127 P-L
Orbit classMain-belt Asteroid
Diameter6.53 km (#8,217 largest of 17,440 named asteroids with a measured size)
Albedo0.0550
Absolute magnitude (H)14.72
Orbital period5.57 years
Semi-major axis3.14 au
Perihelion – aphelion2.56 – 3.73 au
Eccentricity0.186
Inclination0.308°
Closest distance between its orbit and Earth's (MOID)1.55 au

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

Also discovered on 24 September 1960

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