(5362) Johnyoung Outer Main-belt Asteroid
Discovered on 2 February 1978 by J. Gibson at Palomar.
John W. Young (1930-2018) was a United States naval aviator and test pilot and NASA astronaut. He flew on Gemini 3, Gemini 10, Apollo 10, Apollo 16 (becoming the ninth person to walk on the Moon), and commanded two Space Shuttle missions (STS-1 and STS-9).Naming citation (MPC batch dated 2018-05-29), IAU / Minor Planet Center, via NASA/JPL
Where Johnyoung is today
Seen from above the solar system on 2026-10-14: Johnyoung is 3.29 au from the Sun and 2.67 au from Earth. Computed from JPL's orbital elements.
Facts
| Number | 5362 |
| Provisional designation | 1978 CH |
| Orbit class | Outer Main-belt Asteroid |
| Diameter | 21.9 km (#1,984 largest of 17,440 named asteroids with a measured size) |
| Albedo | 0.0840 |
| Rotation period | 6.88 hours |
| Absolute magnitude (H) | 11.97 |
| Orbital period | 6.22 years |
| Semi-major axis | 3.38 au |
| Perihelion – aphelion | 3.29 – 3.48 au |
| Eccentricity | 0.0275 |
| Inclination | 6.15° |
| Closest distance between its orbit and Earth's (MOID) | 2.31 au |
Data: NASA/JPL Small-Body Database and the IAU Minor Planet Center.
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