(5849) Bhanji Main-belt Asteroid
Discovered on 27 April 1990 by E. F. Helin at Palomar.
Alaudin Bhanji (b. 1951) is a JPL engineer and Project Manager for NASA's Deep Space Network (DSN). He has ensured that the DSN's capabilities continue to enable communications with spacecraft throughout the solar system as well as providing radar characterizations of solar system bodies, including numerous asteroids.Naming citation (MPC batch dated 2018-09-25), IAU / Minor Planet Center, via NASA/JPL
Where Bhanji is today
Seen from above the solar system on 2026-10-14: Bhanji is 3.20 au from the Sun and 2.30 au from Earth. Computed from JPL's orbital elements.
Facts
| Number | 5849 |
| Provisional designation | 1990 HF1 |
| Orbit class | Main-belt Asteroid |
| Diameter | 28.4 km (#1,452 largest of 17,440 named asteroids with a measured size) |
| Albedo | 0.182 |
| Rotation period | 8.73 hours |
| Absolute magnitude (H) | 11.16 |
| Orbital period | 5.67 years |
| Semi-major axis | 3.18 au |
| Perihelion – aphelion | 3.15 – 3.21 au |
| Eccentricity | 0.00812 |
| Inclination | 22.6° |
| Closest distance between its orbit and Earth's (MOID) | 2.16 au |
Data: NASA/JPL Small-Body Database and the IAU Minor Planet Center.