4486 Mithra
| Discovery | |
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| Discovered by | |
| Discovery site | Rozhen Obs. – Smolyan |
| Discovery date | 22 September 1987 |
| Designations | |
| (4486) Mithra | |
| Pronunciation | /ˈmɪθrə/ |
Named after | Mithra (proto-Indo-Iranian religion) |
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| Orbital characteristics | |
| Epoch 4 September 2017 (JD 2458000.5) | |
| Uncertainty parameter 0 | |
| Observation arc | 29.04 yr (10,607 days) |
| Aphelion | 3.6582 AU |
| Perihelion | 0.7417 AU |
| 2.2000 AU | |
| Eccentricity | 0.6629 |
| 3.26 yr (1,192 days) | |
| 91.928° | |
| 0° 18m 7.2s / day | |
| Inclination | 3.0395° |
| 82.240° | |
| 2023-May-15 | |
| 168.87° | |
| Earth MOID | 0.0463 AU (18 LD) |
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4486 Mithra (prov. designation: 1987 SB), is an eccentric asteroid and suspected contact-binary, classified as near-Earth object and potentially hazardous asteroid, approximately 2 kilometers in diameter. It belongs to the Apollo group of asteroids and is a relatively slow rotator.
The asteroid was discovered on 22 September 1987, by Belgian astronomer Eric Elst and Bulgarian astronomer Vladimir Shkodrov at Rozhen Observatory, in the Smolyan Province of Bulgaria. It was named after the Indo-Iranian divinity Mithra.