(5327) Gertwilkens Main-belt Asteroid
Discovered on 5 March 1989 by Z. Vavrova at Klet.
Gert Wilkens (b. 1957) has been the financial administrator of Stichting De Koepel, former Dutch center for the popularization of astronomy and space science. He serves as librarian of the astronomical library of Sonnenborgh Observatory in Utrecht in the Netherlands. Wilkens is a co-editor of the astronomical annual Sterrengids.Naming citation (WGSBN Bull. 1, #3, 6), IAU / Minor Planet Center, via NASA/JPL
Where Gertwilkens is today
Seen from above the solar system on 2026-10-14: Gertwilkens is 2.60 au from the Sun and 1.72 au from Earth. Computed from JPL's orbital elements.
Facts
| Number | 5327 |
| Provisional designation | 1989 EX1 |
| Orbit class | Main-belt Asteroid |
| Diameter | 12.0 km (#4,066 largest of 17,440 named asteroids with a measured size) |
| Albedo | 0.0370 |
| Rotation period | 8.72 hours |
| Absolute magnitude (H) | 13.67 |
| Orbital period | 3.59 years |
| Semi-major axis | 2.34 au |
| Perihelion – aphelion | 1.96 – 2.72 au |
| Eccentricity | 0.162 |
| Inclination | 9.75° |
| Closest distance between its orbit and Earth's (MOID) | 0.986 au |
Data: NASA/JPL Small-Body Database and the IAU Minor Planet Center.
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