(5539) Limporyen Main-belt Asteroid
Discovered on 16 October 1965 by Purple Mountain Observatory at Nanking.
Lim Poryen (b. 1914) is a prestigious philanthropist who helped launch many schools and a first-class Limporyen library in China.Naming citation (20041126/MPCPages.arc), IAU / Minor Planet Center, via NASA/JPL
Where Limporyen is today
Seen from above the solar system on 2026-10-14: Limporyen is 2.07 au from the Sun and 1.16 au from Earth. Computed from JPL's orbital elements.
Facts
| Number | 5539 |
| Provisional designation | 1965 UA1 |
| Orbit class | Main-belt Asteroid |
| Diameter | 10.4 km (#4,903 largest of 17,440 named asteroids with a measured size) |
| Albedo | 0.0550 |
| Absolute magnitude (H) | 13.91 |
| Orbital period | 3.80 years |
| Semi-major axis | 2.44 au |
| Perihelion – aphelion | 2.06 – 2.82 au |
| Eccentricity | 0.156 |
| Inclination | 1.82° |
| Closest distance between its orbit and Earth's (MOID) | 1.07 au |
Data: NASA/JPL Small-Body Database and the IAU Minor Planet Center.
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