(5567) Durisen Main-belt Asteroid
Discovered on 21 March 1953 by Indiana University at Brooklyn.
Richard H. Durisen (b. 1946), on the faculty of Indiana University, has applied dynamical simulations to star and planet formation, the structure and stability of astrophysical disks and planetary ring systems, and he has used numerical hydrodynamics techniques to study gravitational instabilities in disks around young stars.Naming citation (20040107/MPCPages.arc), IAU / Minor Planet Center, via NASA/JPL
Where Durisen is today
Seen from above the solar system on 2026-10-14: Durisen is 3.15 au from the Sun and 2.75 au from Earth. Computed from JPL's orbital elements.
Facts
| Number | 5567 |
| Provisional designation | 1953 FK1 |
| Orbit class | Main-belt Asteroid |
| Diameter | 36.5 km (#1,091 largest of 17,440 named asteroids with a measured size) |
| Albedo | 0.0460 |
| Rotation period | 7.00 hours |
| Absolute magnitude (H) | 11.51 |
| Orbital period | 5.04 years |
| Semi-major axis | 2.94 au |
| Perihelion – aphelion | 2.30 – 3.58 au |
| Eccentricity | 0.218 |
| Inclination | 16.2° |
| Closest distance between its orbit and Earth's (MOID) | 1.32 au |
Data: NASA/JPL Small-Body Database and the IAU Minor Planet Center.
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