(5204) Herakleitos Main-belt Asteroid
Discovered on 11 February 1988 by E. W. Elst at La Silla.
Where Herakleitos is today
Seen from above the solar system on 2026-10-14: Herakleitos is 2.70 au from the Sun and 2.63 au from Earth. Computed from JPL's orbital elements.
Facts
| Number | 5204 |
| Provisional designation | 1988 CN2 |
| Orbit class | Main-belt Asteroid |
| Diameter | 13.1 km (#3,675 largest of 17,440 named asteroids with a measured size) |
| Albedo | 0.129 |
| Rotation period | 3.71 hours |
| Absolute magnitude (H) | 13.05 |
| Orbital period | 5.55 years |
| Semi-major axis | 3.13 au |
| Perihelion – aphelion | 2.68 – 3.59 au |
| Eccentricity | 0.145 |
| Inclination | 0.871° |
| Closest distance between its orbit and Earth's (MOID) | 1.69 au |
Data: NASA/JPL Small-Body Database and the IAU Minor Planet Center.
Also discovered on 11 February 1988
- (4344) Buxtehude
- (4345) Rachmaninoff
- (4825) Ventura
- (5205) Servian
- (6001) Thales
- (6186) Zenon
- (6294) Czerny
- (6295) Schmoll
- (7012) Hobbes
- (9569) Quintenmatsijs
- (9839) Crabbegat
- (10057) L'Obel