(53109) Martinphillipps Main-belt Asteroid
Discovered on 12 January 1999 by I. P. Griffin at Cocoa.
Martin Phillipps (b. 1963) is the lead singer of the Dunedin rock band The Chills, whose music forms the backbone of the so-called “Dunedin sound.”Naming citation (WGSBN Bull. 1, #4, 7), IAU / Minor Planet Center, via NASA/JPL
Where Martinphillipps is today
Seen from above the solar system on 2026-10-14: Martinphillipps is 2.23 au from the Sun and 1.64 au from Earth. Computed from JPL's orbital elements.
Facts
| Number | 53109 |
| Provisional designation | 1999 AD5 |
| Orbit class | Main-belt Asteroid |
| Diameter | 6.43 km (#8,337 largest of 17,440 named asteroids with a measured size) |
| Albedo | 0.0490 |
| Rotation period | 7.10 hours |
| Absolute magnitude (H) | 14.61 |
| Orbital period | 4.07 years |
| Semi-major axis | 2.55 au |
| Perihelion – aphelion | 2.23 – 2.87 au |
| Eccentricity | 0.126 |
| Inclination | 27.6° |
| Closest distance between its orbit and Earth's (MOID) | 1.38 au |
Data: NASA/JPL Small-Body Database and the IAU Minor Planet Center.
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