(5900) Jensen Main-belt Asteroid
Discovered on 3 October 1986 by P. Jensen at Brorfelde.
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Where Jensen is today
Seen from above the solar system on 2026-10-14: Jensen is 3.26 au from the Sun and 3.04 au from Earth. Computed from JPL's orbital elements.
Facts
| Number | 5900 |
| Provisional designation | 1986 TL |
| Orbit class | Main-belt Asteroid |
| Diameter | 19.9 km (#2,209 largest of 17,440 named asteroids with a measured size) |
| Albedo | 0.0300 |
| Absolute magnitude (H) | 12.24 |
| Orbital period | 5.60 years |
| Semi-major axis | 3.15 au |
| Perihelion – aphelion | 2.49 – 3.81 au |
| Eccentricity | 0.209 |
| Inclination | 9.06° |
| Closest distance between its orbit and Earth's (MOID) | 1.49 au |
Data: NASA/JPL Small-Body Database and the IAU Minor Planet Center.
Also discovered on 3 October 1986
- (3782) Celle
- (3858) Dorchester
- (4256) Kagamigawa
- (6592) Goya
- (10048) Gronbech
- (10049) Vorovich
- (10723) Tobiashinse
- (12686) Bezuglyj
- (14829) Povalyaeva
More named asteroids discovered by P. Jensen
- (3459) Bodil
- (3782) Celle
- (3796) Lene
- (3830) Trelleborg
- (3858) Dorchester
- (3864) Soren
- (3948) Bohr
- (3956) Caspar
- (3989) Odin
- (3990) Heimdal
- (4059) Balder
- (4088) Baggesen
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