(3734) Waland Main-belt Asteroid
Discovered on 17 October 1960 by van Houten, C. J., van Houten-Groeneveld, I., Gehrels, T. at Palomar.
Where Waland is today
Seen from above the solar system on 2026-10-14: Waland is 2.71 au from the Sun and 3.70 au from Earth. Computed from JPL's orbital elements.
Facts
| Number | 3734 |
| Provisional designation | 9527 P-L |
| Orbit class | Main-belt Asteroid |
| Diameter | 9.04 km (#5,732 largest of 17,440 named asteroids with a measured size) |
| Albedo | 0.197 |
| Spectral type | Ld |
| Absolute magnitude (H) | 12.91 |
| Orbital period | 4.55 years |
| Semi-major axis | 2.75 au |
| Perihelion – aphelion | 2.60 – 2.90 au |
| Eccentricity | 0.0543 |
| Inclination | 3.49° |
| Closest distance between its orbit and Earth's (MOID) | 1.62 au |
Data: NASA/JPL Small-Body Database and the IAU Minor Planet Center.
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- (2412) Wil
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- (4907) Zoser
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