(5508) Gomyou Main-belt Asteroid
Discovered on 9 March 1988 by Oohira at Oohira.
Gomyou is located in the north of Kakegawa City, where comet C/1994 N1 and nova V475 Sct (2003) were discovered by Hideo Nishimura. Recently many people have visited Gomyou to enjoy watching the stars. The name was suggested by S. Kaneko.Naming citation (20090806/MPCPages.arc), IAU / Minor Planet Center, via NASA/JPL
Where Gomyou is today
Seen from above the solar system on 2026-10-14: Gomyou is 2.60 au from the Sun and 3.57 au from Earth. Computed from JPL's orbital elements.
Facts
| Number | 5508 |
| Provisional designation | 1988 EB |
| Orbit class | Main-belt Asteroid |
| Diameter | 15.4 km (#3,055 largest of 17,440 named asteroids with a measured size) |
| Albedo | 0.0930 |
| Rotation period | 8.80 hours |
| Absolute magnitude (H) | 12.52 |
| Orbital period | 4.79 years |
| Semi-major axis | 2.84 au |
| Perihelion – aphelion | 2.20 – 3.48 au |
| Eccentricity | 0.225 |
| Inclination | 6.77° |
| Closest distance between its orbit and Earth's (MOID) | 1.23 au |
Data: NASA/JPL Small-Body Database and the IAU Minor Planet Center.