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Discovery and designation
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| Discovered by | Cornelis Johannes van Houten, Ingrid van Houten-Groeneveld and Tom Gehrels |
| Discovery site | Palomar Observatory |
| Discovery date | September 25, 1973 |
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Designations
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| MPC designation | 4877 |
| Alternate name(s) | 5066 T-2 |
| Epoch May 14, 2008 | |
| Ap | 2.9861445 |
| Peri | 2.2785807 |
| Eccentricity | 0.1343971 |
| Orbital period | 1559.9726953 |
| Mean anomaly | 346.59306 |
| Inclination | 12.40225 |
| Longitude of ascending node | 228.94228 |
| Argument of peri | 202.10141 |
| Absolute magnitude (H) | 13.1 |
4877 Humboldt (5066 T-2) is a main-belt asteroid discovered on September 25, 1973 by Cornelis Johannes van Houten, Ingrid van Houten-Groeneveld and Tom Gehrels at Palomar Observatory.
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