(5157) Hindemith Outer Main-belt Asteroid
Discovered on 27 October 1973 by F. Borngen at Tautenburg.
Where Hindemith is today
Seen from above the solar system on 2026-10-14: Hindemith is 3.24 au from the Sun and 3.40 au from Earth. Computed from JPL's orbital elements.
Facts
| Number | 5157 |
| Provisional designation | 1973 UB5 |
| Orbit class | Outer Main-belt Asteroid |
| Diameter | 14.1 km (#3,382 largest of 17,440 named asteroids with a measured size) |
| Albedo | 0.107 |
| Absolute magnitude (H) | 12.57 |
| Orbital period | 5.76 years |
| Semi-major axis | 3.21 au |
| Perihelion – aphelion | 2.73 – 3.69 au |
| Eccentricity | 0.149 |
| Inclination | 0.193° |
| Closest distance between its orbit and Earth's (MOID) | 1.73 au |
Data: NASA/JPL Small-Body Database and the IAU Minor Planet Center.
Also discovered on 27 October 1973
- (2424) Tautenburg
- (3245) Jensch
- (3540) Protesilaos
- (3826) Handel
- (3941) Haydn
- (4850) Palestrina
- (12182) Storm
- (12659) Schlegel
- (18286) Kneipp
- (19914) Klagenfurt
- (39464) Poppelmann
More named asteroids discovered by F. Borngen
- (3181) Ahnert
- (3245) Jensch
- (3338) Richter
- (3539) Weimar
- (3540) Protesilaos
- (3802) Dornburg
- (3808) Tempel
- (3826) Handel
- (3917) Franz Schubert
- (3941) Haydn
- (3943) Silbermann
- (3954) Mendelssohn
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