(4608) Wodehouse Main-belt Asteroid
Discovered on 19 January 1988 by H. Debehogne at La Silla.
The English writer Pelham Grenville Wodehouse (1881-1975) is renowned for his humorous stories of the upper-class world of Bertie Wooster and his valet Jeeves. The name was suggested by J. Meeus.Naming citation (20060413/MPCPages.arc), IAU / Minor Planet Center, via NASA/JPL
Where Wodehouse is today
Seen from above the solar system on 2026-10-14: Wodehouse is 2.33 au from the Sun and 2.25 au from Earth. Computed from JPL's orbital elements.
Facts
| Number | 4608 |
| Provisional designation | 1988 BW3 |
| Orbit class | Main-belt Asteroid |
| Diameter | 7.63 km (#6,965 largest of 17,440 named asteroids with a measured size) |
| Albedo | 0.210 |
| Rotation period | 13.9 hours |
| Absolute magnitude (H) | 12.99 |
| Orbital period | 3.63 years |
| Semi-major axis | 2.36 au |
| Perihelion – aphelion | 1.85 – 2.88 au |
| Eccentricity | 0.218 |
| Inclination | 7.44° |
| Closest distance between its orbit and Earth's (MOID) | 0.856 au |
Data: NASA/JPL Small-Body Database and the IAU Minor Planet Center.