(5549) Bobstefanik Main-belt Asteroid

Discovered on 1 April 1981 by Harvard Observatory at Harvard.

Where Bobstefanik is today

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Seen from above the solar system on 2026-10-14: Bobstefanik is 2.41 au from the Sun and 2.98 au from Earth. Computed from JPL's orbital elements.

Facts

Number5549
Provisional designation1981 GM1
Orbit classMain-belt Asteroid
Diameter6.39 km (#8,388 largest of 17,440 named asteroids with a measured size)
Albedo0.328
Rotation period3.18 hours
Absolute magnitude (H)13.22
Orbital period4.18 years
Semi-major axis2.60 au
Perihelion – aphelion2.35 – 2.84 au
Eccentricity0.0959
Inclination13.9°
Closest distance between its orbit and Earth's (MOID)1.35 au

Data: NASA/JPL Small-Body Database and the IAU Minor Planet Center.

Also discovered on 1 April 1981

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