(5061) McIntosh Main-belt Asteroid
Discovered on 22 February 1988 by R. H. McNaught at Siding Spring.
Bruce A. McIntosh (b. 1929) worked at the National Research Council Canada. The radar meteor survey work he carried out with Peter Millman remains a benchmark. The Czech Academy of Science awarded him a special gold medal for fostering cooperative research on meteors. The name was suggested by C. Keay.Naming citation (20010804/MPCPages.arc), IAU / Minor Planet Center, via NASA/JPL
Where McIntosh is today
Seen from above the solar system on 2026-10-14: McIntosh is 3.21 au from the Sun and 4.13 au from Earth. Computed from JPL's orbital elements.
Facts
| Number | 5061 |
| Provisional designation | 1988 DJ |
| Orbit class | Main-belt Asteroid |
| Diameter | 10.3 km (#4,957 largest of 17,440 named asteroids with a measured size) |
| Albedo | 0.197 |
| Rotation period | 3.51 hours |
| Absolute magnitude (H) | 12.76 |
| Orbital period | 5.36 years |
| Semi-major axis | 3.06 au |
| Perihelion – aphelion | 2.86 – 3.27 au |
| Eccentricity | 0.0673 |
| Inclination | 8.74° |
| Closest distance between its orbit and Earth's (MOID) | 1.88 au |
Data: NASA/JPL Small-Body Database and the IAU Minor Planet Center.
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