(5791) Comello Main-belt Asteroid

Discovered on 29 September 1973 by van Houten, C. J., van Houten-Groeneveld, I., Gehrels, T. at Palomar.

Where Comello is today

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Seen from above the solar system on 2026-10-14: Comello is 2.94 au from the Sun and 2.98 au from Earth. Computed from JPL's orbital elements.

Facts

Number5791
Provisional designation4053 T-2
Orbit classMain-belt Asteroid
Diameter7.56 km (#7,048 largest of 17,440 named asteroids with a measured size)
Albedo0.282
Absolute magnitude (H)12.93
Orbital period4.91 years
Semi-major axis2.89 au
Perihelion – aphelion2.83 – 2.95 au
Eccentricity0.0200
Inclination2.83°
Closest distance between its orbit and Earth's (MOID)1.85 au

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

Also discovered on 29 September 1973

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