(5470) Kurtlindstrom Main-belt Asteroid
Discovered on 28 January 1988 by R. H. McNaught at Siding Spring.
Kurt Leighton Lindstrom (b. 1955) helped further the exploration of the planets through his role as the program executive for NASA's New Horizons Pluto-Kuiper Belt mission.Naming citation (20051215/MPCPages.arc), IAU / Minor Planet Center, via NASA/JPL
Where Kurtlindstrom is today
Seen from above the solar system on 2026-10-14: Kurtlindstrom is 2.86 au from the Sun and 2.03 au from Earth. Computed from JPL's orbital elements.
Facts
| Number | 5470 |
| Provisional designation | 1988 BK5 |
| Orbit class | Main-belt Asteroid |
| Diameter | 13.8 km (#3,443 largest of 17,440 named asteroids with a measured size) |
| Albedo | 0.0510 |
| Absolute magnitude (H) | 13.2 |
| Orbital period | 5.71 years |
| Semi-major axis | 3.19 au |
| Perihelion – aphelion | 2.71 – 3.68 au |
| Eccentricity | 0.151 |
| Inclination | 18.3° |
| Closest distance between its orbit and Earth's (MOID) | 1.74 au |
Data: NASA/JPL Small-Body Database and the IAU Minor Planet Center.
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