(5212) Celiacruz Main-belt Asteroid
Discovered on 29 September 1989 by Ueda, S., Kaneda, H. at Kushiro.
Celia Cruz (1925-2003) was a Cuban-American salsa singer and performer, whose career spanned 7 decades, and was renowned internationally as the “Queen of Salsa”. She earned 23 gold albums, 7 Grammy Awards, and was a recipient of the USA's National Medal of Arts. She also starred in 13 movies and documentaries.Naming citation (MPC batch dated 2015-08-29), IAU / Minor Planet Center, via NASA/JPL
Where Celiacruz is today
Seen from above the solar system on 2026-10-14: Celiacruz is 2.97 au from the Sun and 1.98 au from Earth. Computed from JPL's orbital elements.
Facts
| Number | 5212 |
| Provisional designation | 1989 SS |
| Orbit class | Main-belt Asteroid |
| Diameter | 12.9 km (#3,765 largest of 17,440 named asteroids with a measured size) |
| Albedo | 0.245 |
| Rotation period | 5.60 hours |
| Absolute magnitude (H) | 12.32 |
| Orbital period | 5.27 years |
| Semi-major axis | 3.03 au |
| Perihelion – aphelion | 2.79 – 3.27 au |
| Eccentricity | 0.0793 |
| Inclination | 11.4° |
| Closest distance between its orbit and Earth's (MOID) | 1.82 au |
Data: NASA/JPL Small-Body Database and the IAU Minor Planet Center.