(5885) Apeldoorn Main-belt Asteroid
Discovered on 30 September 1973 by van Houten, C. J., van Houten-Groeneveld, I., Gehrels, T. at Palomar.
Where Apeldoorn is today
Seen from above the solar system on 2026-10-14: Apeldoorn is 2.98 au from the Sun and 3.87 au from Earth. Computed from JPL's orbital elements.
Facts
| Number | 5885 |
| Provisional designation | 3137 T-2 |
| Orbit class | Main-belt Asteroid |
| Diameter | 17.3 km (#2,614 largest of 17,440 named asteroids with a measured size) |
| Albedo | 0.0940 |
| Rotation period | 5.56 hours |
| Absolute magnitude (H) | 12.32 |
| Orbital period | 5.51 years |
| Semi-major axis | 3.12 au |
| Perihelion – aphelion | 2.98 – 3.26 au |
| Eccentricity | 0.0462 |
| Inclination | 5.67° |
| Closest distance between its orbit and Earth's (MOID) | 1.98 au |
Data: NASA/JPL Small-Body Database and the IAU Minor Planet Center.
Also discovered on 30 September 1973
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- (4848) Tutenchamun
- (5071) Schoenmaker
- (5196) Bustelli
- (5342) Le Poole
- (6146) Adamkrafft
- (6258) Rodin
- (6259) Maillol
- (7265) Edithmuller
- (7316) Hajdu
- (8125) Tyndareus
- (8600) Arundinaceus
More named asteroids discovered by van Houten, C. J., van Houten-Groeneveld, I., Gehrels, T.
- (1743) Schmidt
- (1744) Harriet
- (1776) Kuiper
- (1777) Gehrels
- (1778) Alfven
- (1795) Woltjer
- (1808) Bellerophon
- (1809) Prometheus
- (1810) Epimetheus
- (1811) Bruwer
- (1812) Gilgamesh
- (1813) Imhotep
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