(5148) Giordano Main-belt Asteroid
Discovered on 17 October 1960 by van Houten, C. J., van Houten-Groeneveld, I., Gehrels, T. at Palomar.
Named in memory of Giordano Bruno (1548–1600), Dominican priest, who spent 16 years traveling through Europe, but who was mostly in London, where many of his papers were published. Bruno assumed the existence of other worlds on which people could live, and he was convinced of the correctness of the heliocentric system. This brought him in conflict with the church, and he was condemned and burned on the Campo dei Fiori in Rome.Naming citation (WGSBN Bull. 4, #10, 5), IAU / Minor Planet Center, via NASA/JPL
Where Giordano is today
Seen from above the solar system on 2026-10-14: Giordano is 3.51 au from the Sun and 2.56 au from Earth. Computed from JPL's orbital elements.
Facts
| Number | 5148 |
| Provisional designation | 5557 P-L |
| Orbit class | Main-belt Asteroid |
| Diameter | 8.11 km (#6,454 largest of 17,440 named asteroids with a measured size) |
| Albedo | 0.0890 |
| Rotation period | 7.82 hours |
| Absolute magnitude (H) | 14.04 |
| Orbital period | 5.49 years |
| Semi-major axis | 3.11 au |
| Perihelion – aphelion | 2.65 – 3.58 au |
| Eccentricity | 0.149 |
| Inclination | 1.13° |
| Closest distance between its orbit and Earth's (MOID) | 1.64 au |
Data: NASA/JPL Small-Body Database and the IAU Minor Planet Center.
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