(5673) McAllister Main-belt Asteroid
Discovered on 6 September 1986 by E. Bowell at Anderson Mesa.
Where McAllister is today
Seen from above the solar system on 2026-10-14: McAllister is 2.38 au from the Sun and 1.72 au from Earth. Computed from JPL's orbital elements.
Facts
| Number | 5673 |
| Provisional designation | 1986 RT2 |
| Orbit class | Main-belt Asteroid |
| Diameter | 5.28 km (#10,089 largest of 17,440 named asteroids with a measured size) |
| Albedo | 0.333 |
| Rotation period | 5.81 hours |
| Absolute magnitude (H) | 13.6 |
| Orbital period | 3.59 years |
| Semi-major axis | 2.34 au |
| Perihelion – aphelion | 2.20 – 2.49 au |
| Eccentricity | 0.0630 |
| Inclination | 1.60° |
| Closest distance between its orbit and Earth's (MOID) | 1.18 au |
Data: NASA/JPL Small-Body Database and the IAU Minor Planet Center.
Also discovered on 6 September 1986
- (4208) Kiselev
- (4787) Shul'zhenko
- (5169) Duffell
- (5674) Wolff
- (5723) Hudson
- (5767) Moldun
- (6181) Bobweber
- (7925) Shelus
- (8078) Carolejordan
- (8477) Andrejkiselev
- (12234) Shkuratov
- (14351) Tomaskohout
More named asteroids discovered by E. Bowell
- (2246) Bowell
- (2264) Sabrina
- (2270) Yazhi
- (2316) Jo-Ann
- (2356) Hirons
- (2357) Phereclos
- (2383) Bradley
- (2409) Chapman
- (2410) Morrison
- (2411) Zellner
- (2421) Nininger
- (2432) Soomana
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