(4683) Veratar Main-belt Asteroid
Discovered on 1 April 1976 by N. S. Chernykh at Nauchnyj.
Where Veratar is today
Seen from above the solar system on 2026-10-14: Veratar is 3.46 au from the Sun and 4.27 au from Earth. Computed from JPL's orbital elements.
Facts
| Number | 4683 |
| Provisional designation | 1976 GJ1 |
| Orbit class | Main-belt Asteroid |
| Diameter | 17.3 km (#2,621 largest of 17,440 named asteroids with a measured size) |
| Albedo | 0.0940 |
| Rotation period | 29.4 hours |
| Absolute magnitude (H) | 12.29 |
| Orbital period | 5.50 years |
| Semi-major axis | 3.11 au |
| Perihelion – aphelion | 2.62 – 3.61 au |
| Eccentricity | 0.158 |
| Inclination | 1.23° |
| Closest distance between its orbit and Earth's (MOID) | 1.64 au |
Data: NASA/JPL Small-Body Database and the IAU Minor Planet Center.
Also discovered on 1 April 1976
- (2206) Gabrova
- (2312) Duboshin
- (2361) Gogol
- (2606) Odessa
- (2722) Abalakin
- (2734) Hasek
- (2769) Mendeleev
- (2849) Shklovskij
- (2922) Dikan'ka
- (3246) Bidstrup
- (3723) Voznesenskij
- (4165) Didkovskij
More named asteroids discovered by N. S. Chernykh
- (1796) Riga
- (1836) Komarov
- (1907) Rudneva
- (1908) Pobeda
- (2004) Lexell
- (2006) Polonskaya
- (2036) Sheragul
- (2113) Ehrdni
- (2123) Vltava
- (2149) Schwambraniya
- (2164) Lyalya
- (2178) Kazakhstania
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