(5399) Awa Main-belt Asteroid
Discovered on 29 January 1989 by Iwamoto, M., Furuta, T. at Tokushima.
Where Awa is today
Seen from above the solar system on 2026-10-14: Awa is 2.44 au from the Sun and 3.11 au from Earth. Computed from JPL's orbital elements.
Facts
| Number | 5399 |
| Provisional designation | 1989 BT |
| Orbit class | Main-belt Asteroid |
| Diameter | 17.4 km (#2,593 largest of 17,440 named asteroids with a measured size) |
| Albedo | 0.101 |
| Rotation period | 41.2 hours |
| Absolute magnitude (H) | 12.69 |
| Orbital period | 4.69 years |
| Semi-major axis | 2.80 au |
| Perihelion – aphelion | 2.27 – 3.33 au |
| Eccentricity | 0.189 |
| Inclination | 3.75° |
| Closest distance between its orbit and Earth's (MOID) | 1.29 au |
Data: NASA/JPL Small-Body Database and the IAU Minor Planet Center.
Also discovered on 29 January 1989
- (4835) Asaeus
- (5514) Karelraska
- (5958) Barrande
- (6301) Bohumilruprecht
- (6855) Armellini
- (14846) Lampedusa
- (27714) Dochu