(5342) Le Poole Main-belt Asteroid
Discovered on 30 September 1973 by van Houten, C. J., van Houten-Groeneveld, I., Gehrels, T. at Palomar.
Where Le Poole is today
Seen from above the solar system on 2026-10-14: Le Poole is 2.08 au from the Sun and 3.04 au from Earth. Computed from JPL's orbital elements.
Facts
| Number | 5342 |
| Provisional designation | 3129 T-2 |
| Orbit class | Main-belt Asteroid |
| Diameter | 5.19 km (#10,258 largest of 17,440 named asteroids with a measured size) |
| Albedo | 0.261 |
| Rotation period | 12.5 hours |
| Absolute magnitude (H) | 13.9 |
| Orbital period | 3.87 years |
| Semi-major axis | 2.46 au |
| Perihelion – aphelion | 1.88 – 3.04 au |
| Eccentricity | 0.235 |
| Inclination | 14.4° |
| Closest distance between its orbit and Earth's (MOID) | 0.924 au |
Data: NASA/JPL Small-Body Database and the IAU Minor Planet Center.
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