(5808) Babel' Main-belt Asteroid
Discovered on 27 August 1987 by L. G. Karachkina at Nauchnyj.
Named in honor of outstanding Russian writer and dramatist Isaac Emmanuilovich Babelʹ (1894–1940). The name is given on the occasion of the one-hundredth anniversary of his birth, following a suggestion by L. R. Nemirovskij.Naming citation (WGSBN Bull. 6, #10, 5), IAU / Minor Planet Center, via NASA/JPL
Where Babel' is today
Seen from above the solar system on 2026-10-14: Babel' is 3.33 au from the Sun and 4.26 au from Earth. Computed from JPL's orbital elements.
Facts
| Number | 5808 |
| Provisional designation | 1987 QV10 |
| Orbit class | Main-belt Asteroid |
| Diameter | 13.4 km (#3,584 largest of 17,440 named asteroids with a measured size) |
| Albedo | 0.172 |
| Rotation period | 30.1 hours |
| Absolute magnitude (H) | 12.14 |
| Orbital period | 5.20 years |
| Semi-major axis | 3.00 au |
| Perihelion – aphelion | 2.67 – 3.33 au |
| Eccentricity | 0.110 |
| Inclination | 10.9° |
| Closest distance between its orbit and Earth's (MOID) | 1.67 au |
Data: NASA/JPL Small-Body Database and the IAU Minor Planet Center.
Also discovered on 27 August 1987
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- (3453) Dostoevsky
- (3469) Bulgakov
- (3508) Pasternak
- (3516) Rusheva
- (3620) Platonov
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