(37623) Valmiera Main-belt Asteroid
Discovered on 15 September 1993 by E. W. Elst at La Silla.
Valmiera (Wolmar) is a city in Northern Latvia. During the thirteenth century it was occupied by the Livonian Order, who built a castle there.Naming citation (20080122/MPCPages.arc), IAU / Minor Planet Center, via NASA/JPL
Where Valmiera is today
Seen from above the solar system on 2026-10-14: Valmiera is 2.96 au from the Sun and 3.14 au from Earth. Computed from JPL's orbital elements.
Facts
| Number | 37623 |
| Provisional designation | 1993 RN4 |
| Orbit class | Main-belt Asteroid |
| Diameter | 11.7 km (#4,235 largest of 17,440 named asteroids with a measured size) |
| Albedo | 0.0900 |
| Rotation period | 14.4 hours |
| Absolute magnitude (H) | 13.23 |
| Orbital period | 5.68 years |
| Semi-major axis | 3.18 au |
| Perihelion – aphelion | 2.93 – 3.43 au |
| Eccentricity | 0.0784 |
| Inclination | 22.4° |
| Closest distance between its orbit and Earth's (MOID) | 2.02 au |
Data: NASA/JPL Small-Body Database and the IAU Minor Planet Center.
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