(2902) Westerlund Main-belt Asteroid
Discovered on 16 March 1980 by C.-I. Lagerkvist at La Silla.
Where Westerlund is today
Seen from above the solar system on 2026-10-14: Westerlund is 2.10 au from the Sun and 2.86 au from Earth. Computed from JPL's orbital elements.
Facts
| Number | 2902 |
| Provisional designation | 1980 FN3 |
| Orbit class | Main-belt Asteroid |
| Diameter | 4.12 km (#12,454 largest of 17,440 named asteroids with a measured size) |
| Albedo | 0.247 |
| Rotation period | 30.0 hours |
| Spectral type | Sq |
| Absolute magnitude (H) | 14.09 |
| Orbital period | 3.27 years |
| Semi-major axis | 2.20 au |
| Perihelion – aphelion | 1.76 – 2.64 au |
| Eccentricity | 0.199 |
| Inclination | 4.38° |
| Closest distance between its orbit and Earth's (MOID) | 0.754 au |
Data: NASA/JPL Small-Body Database and the IAU Minor Planet Center.
Also discovered on 16 March 1980
- (3386) Klementinum
- (3634) Iwan
- (4169) Celsius
- (4593) Reipurth
- (5221) Fabribudweis
- (5498) Gustafsson
- (5938) Keller
- (6150) Neukum
- (6687) Lahulla
- (6945) Dahlgren
- (7548) Engstrom
- (7983) Festin
More named asteroids discovered by C.-I. Lagerkvist
- (2114) Wallenquist
- (2191) Uppsala
- (2274) Ehrsson
- (2589) Daniel
- (2694) Pino Torinese
- (2744) Birgitta
- (3005) Pervictoralex
- (3250) Martebo
- (3331) Kvistaberg
- (3573) Holmberg
- (3634) Iwan
- (4169) Celsius
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