4587 Rees is an Amor asteroid discovered on September 30 1973 at the Palomar Observatory by Cornelis Johannes van Houten Ingrid van Houten-Groeneveld and Tom Gehrels. The Provisional designation given to 4587 Rees was 3239 T-2. It has a rotation period of 7.7886 hours. 4587 Rees was named in honor of Martin Rees.
apoapsis (km)
6.00024e+11
average speed (km/s)
61272.0
orbital period (μ)
1.36356e+08
periapsis (km)
1.93687e+11
temperature (K)
171.0
absolute magnitude
15.6
discovery date
1973-09-30
discoverer
Cornelis Johannes van Houten, Ingrid van Houten-Groeneveld, Tom Gehrels
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