(5364) Christophschafer Main-belt Asteroid
Discovered on 2 September 1980 by Z. Vavrova at Klet.
Christoph Schäfer (b. 1975) is a German astrophysicist at the University of Tübingen who works in computational physics and high-performance computing. He is an expert on numerical particle methods, with a focus on collision and impact processes as well as protoplanetary disk modeling.Naming citation (WGSBN Bull. 2, #12, 6), IAU / Minor Planet Center, via NASA/JPL
Where Christophschafer is today
Seen from above the solar system on 2026-10-14: Christophschafer is 2.08 au from the Sun and 1.99 au from Earth. Computed from JPL's orbital elements.
Facts
| Number | 5364 |
| Provisional designation | 1980 RC1 |
| Orbit class | Main-belt Asteroid |
| Diameter | 12.2 km (#3,983 largest of 17,440 named asteroids with a measured size) |
| Albedo | 0.0920 |
| Rotation period | 19.0 hours |
| Spectral type | C |
| Absolute magnitude (H) | 13.43 |
| Orbital period | 3.85 years |
| Semi-major axis | 2.46 au |
| Perihelion – aphelion | 1.97 – 2.95 au |
| Eccentricity | 0.200 |
| Inclination | 3.12° |
| Closest distance between its orbit and Earth's (MOID) | 0.963 au |
Data: NASA/JPL Small-Body Database and the IAU Minor Planet Center.
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