(5346) Benedetti Main-belt Asteroid
Discovered on 24 August 1981 by H. Debehogne at La Silla.
Mario Benedetti (1920–2009) was an internationally-renowned Uruguayan writer and member of the so-called 45 Generation of writers, essayists and poets. He received several national and international awards, including the VII Premio Reina Sofia de Poesia Iberoamericana in 1999.Naming citation (WGSBN Bull. 1, #1, 9), IAU / Minor Planet Center, via NASA/JPL
Where Benedetti is today
Seen from above the solar system on 2026-10-14: Benedetti is 2.84 au from the Sun and 1.92 au from Earth. Computed from JPL's orbital elements.
Facts
| Number | 5346 |
| Provisional designation | 1981 QE3 |
| Orbit class | Main-belt Asteroid |
| Diameter | 15.9 km (#2,925 largest of 17,440 named asteroids with a measured size) |
| Albedo | 0.0680 |
| Absolute magnitude (H) | 12.5 |
| Orbital period | 5.58 years |
| Semi-major axis | 3.14 au |
| Perihelion – aphelion | 2.59 – 3.70 au |
| Eccentricity | 0.177 |
| Inclination | 2.45° |
| Closest distance between its orbit and Earth's (MOID) | 1.58 au |
Data: NASA/JPL Small-Body Database and the IAU Minor Planet Center.
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