(52005) Maik Main-belt Asteroid
Discovered on 8 February 2002 by Juels, C. W., Holvorcem, P. R. at Fountain Hills.
Maik Meyer (b. 1970), an amateur astronomer whose passion is comets, identified the Meyer Group of near-sun comets in 2002. Since 1998 he has authored the Catalogue of Comet Discoveries that is available on the Internet, and he has also been serving as an assistant editor of the International Comet Quarterly.Naming citation (20040107/MPCPages.arc), IAU / Minor Planet Center, via NASA/JPL
Where Maik is today
Seen from above the solar system on 2026-10-14: Maik is 2.14 au from the Sun and 3.05 au from Earth. Computed from JPL's orbital elements.
Facts
| Number | 52005 |
| Provisional designation | 2002 CL13 |
| Orbit class | Main-belt Asteroid |
| Diameter | 4.48 km (#11,664 largest of 17,440 named asteroids with a measured size) |
| Albedo | 0.291 |
| Rotation period | 10.7 hours |
| Absolute magnitude (H) | 14.05 |
| Orbital period | 3.53 years |
| Semi-major axis | 2.32 au |
| Perihelion – aphelion | 1.98 – 2.65 au |
| Eccentricity | 0.144 |
| Inclination | 20.5° |
| 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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