(5653) Camarillo Amor
Discovered on 21 November 1992 by Helin, E. F., Lawrence, K. J. at Palomar.
At his private observatory in Camarillo, John Rogers secured follow-up observations of this minor planet. On California's El Camino Real, the town was named by the Southern Pacific Railroad in 1901 in tribute to Adolfo Camarillo (1864-1958), a prominent local rancher. The first discoverer is a former town resident.Naming citation (20010804/MPCPages.arc), IAU / Minor Planet Center, via NASA/JPL
Where Camarillo is today
Seen from above the solar system on 2026-10-14: Camarillo is 1.25 au from the Sun and 1.91 au from Earth. Computed from JPL's orbital elements.
Facts
| Number | 5653 |
| Provisional designation | 1992 WD5 |
| Orbit class | Amor · near-Earth |
| Diameter | 1.54 km (#17,332 largest of 17,440 named asteroids with a measured size) |
| Albedo | 0.271 |
| Rotation period | 4.83 hours |
| Absolute magnitude (H) | 16.22 |
| Orbital period | 2.40 years |
| Semi-major axis | 1.79 au |
| Perihelion – aphelion | 1.25 – 2.34 au |
| Eccentricity | 0.304 |
| Inclination | 6.88° |
| Closest distance between its orbit and Earth's (MOID) | 0.283 au |
Data: NASA/JPL Small-Body Database and the IAU Minor Planet Center.
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