(5177) Hugowolf Main-belt Asteroid
Discovered on 10 January 1989 by F. Borngen at Tautenburg.
Where Hugowolf is today
Seen from above the solar system on 2026-10-14: Hugowolf is 2.52 au from the Sun and 1.64 au from Earth. Computed from JPL's orbital elements.
Facts
| Number | 5177 |
| Provisional designation | 1989 AY6 |
| Orbit class | Main-belt Asteroid |
| Diameter | 8.94 km (#5,800 largest of 17,440 named asteroids with a measured size) |
| Albedo | 0.0580 |
| Rotation period | 3.65 hours |
| Absolute magnitude (H) | 14.28 |
| Orbital period | 3.58 years |
| Semi-major axis | 2.34 au |
| Perihelion – aphelion | 2.03 – 2.65 au |
| Eccentricity | 0.131 |
| Inclination | 2.68° |
| Closest distance between its orbit and Earth's (MOID) | 1.02 au |
Data: NASA/JPL Small-Body Database and the IAU Minor Planet Center.
Also discovered on 10 January 1989
- (5904) Wurttemberg
- (6482) Steiermark
- (7121) Busch
- (9322) Lindenau
- (11496) Grass
- (19136) Strassmann
- (24671) Frankmartin
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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