(5169) Duffell Main-belt Asteroid
Discovered on 6 September 1986 by E. Bowell at Anderson Mesa.
Where Duffell is today
Seen from above the solar system on 2026-10-14: Duffell is 2.41 au from the Sun and 2.77 au from Earth. Computed from JPL's orbital elements.
Facts
| Number | 5169 |
| Provisional designation | 1986 RU2 |
| Orbit class | Main-belt Asteroid |
| Diameter | 4.42 km (#11,799 largest of 17,440 named asteroids with a measured size) |
| Albedo | 0.250 |
| Rotation period | 8.71 hours |
| Absolute magnitude (H) | 14.1 |
| Orbital period | 3.40 years |
| Semi-major axis | 2.26 au |
| Perihelion – aphelion | 1.92 – 2.60 au |
| Eccentricity | 0.148 |
| Inclination | 2.61° |
| Closest distance between its orbit and Earth's (MOID) | 0.934 au |
Data: NASA/JPL Small-Body Database and the IAU Minor Planet Center.
Also discovered on 6 September 1986
- (4208) Kiselev
- (4787) Shul'zhenko
- (5673) McAllister
- (5674) Wolff
- (5723) Hudson
- (5767) Moldun
- (6181) Bobweber
- (7925) Shelus
- (8078) Carolejordan
- (8477) Andrejkiselev
- (12234) Shkuratov
- (14351) Tomaskohout
More named asteroids discovered by E. Bowell
- (2246) Bowell
- (2264) Sabrina
- (2270) Yazhi
- (2316) Jo-Ann
- (2356) Hirons
- (2357) Phereclos
- (2383) Bradley
- (2409) Chapman
- (2410) Morrison
- (2411) Zellner
- (2421) Nininger
- (2432) Soomana
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