(5610) Balster Main-belt Asteroid
Discovered on 16 October 1977 by van Houten, C. J., van Houten-Groeneveld, I., Gehrels, T. at Palomar.
Where Balster is today
Seen from above the solar system on 2026-10-14: Balster is 2.72 au from the Sun and 3.62 au from Earth. Computed from JPL's orbital elements.
Facts
| Number | 5610 |
| Provisional designation | 2041 T-3 |
| Orbit class | Main-belt Asteroid |
| Diameter | 7.81 km (#6,766 largest of 17,440 named asteroids with a measured size) |
| Albedo | 0.241 |
| Spectral type | S |
| Absolute magnitude (H) | 12.92 |
| Orbital period | 4.70 years |
| Semi-major axis | 2.81 au |
| Perihelion – aphelion | 2.69 – 2.92 au |
| Eccentricity | 0.0409 |
| Inclination | 3.35° |
| Closest distance between its orbit and Earth's (MOID) | 1.68 au |
Data: NASA/JPL Small-Body Database and the IAU Minor Planet Center.
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- (4753) Phidias
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- (5699) Munch
- (5700) Homerus
- (5984) Lysippus
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