(5296) Friedrich Main-belt Asteroid
Discovered on 17 October 1960 by van Houten, C. J., van Houten-Groeneveld, I., Gehrels, T. at Palomar.
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Where Friedrich is today
Seen from above the solar system on 2026-10-14: Friedrich is 3.24 au from the Sun and 2.47 au from Earth. Computed from JPL's orbital elements.
Facts
| Number | 5296 |
| Provisional designation | 9546 P-L |
| Orbit class | Main-belt Asteroid |
| Diameter | 19.3 km (#2,304 largest of 17,440 named asteroids with a measured size) |
| Albedo | 0.0610 |
| Rotation period | 7.10 hours |
| Absolute magnitude (H) | 12.44 |
| Orbital period | 5.51 years |
| Semi-major axis | 3.12 au |
| Perihelion – aphelion | 2.75 – 3.49 au |
| Eccentricity | 0.119 |
| Inclination | 2.84° |
| Closest distance between its orbit and Earth's (MOID) | 1.74 au |
Data: NASA/JPL Small-Body Database and the IAU Minor Planet Center.
Also discovered on 17 October 1960
- (1813) Imhotep
- (2082) Galahad
- (2319) Aristides
- (2412) Wil
- (2495) Noviomagum
- (3279) Solon
- (3604) Berkhuijsen
- (3734) Waland
- (4355) Memphis
- (4356) Marathon
- (4907) Zoser
- (5012) Eurymedon
More named asteroids discovered by van Houten, C. J., van Houten-Groeneveld, I., Gehrels, T.
- (1743) Schmidt
- (1744) Harriet
- (1776) Kuiper
- (1777) Gehrels
- (1778) Alfven
- (1795) Woltjer
- (1808) Bellerophon
- (1809) Prometheus
- (1810) Epimetheus
- (1811) Bruwer
- (1812) Gilgamesh
- (1813) Imhotep
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