(5892) Milesdavis Main-belt Asteroid
Discovered on 23 December 1981 by Purple Mountain Observatory at Nanking.
The distinctive sound of trumpeter Miles Dewey Davis (1926-1991) transcended the bebop era and moved into cool jazz, culminating with So What and the masterly 1959 Kind of Blue album with John Coltrane and Bill Evans.Naming citation (20051215/MPCPages.arc), IAU / Minor Planet Center, via NASA/JPL
Where Milesdavis is today
Seen from above the solar system on 2026-10-14: Milesdavis is 2.28 au from the Sun and 3.25 au from Earth. Computed from JPL's orbital elements.
Facts
| Number | 5892 |
| Provisional designation | 1981 YS1 |
| Orbit class | Main-belt Asteroid |
| Diameter | 3.71 km (#13,435 largest of 17,440 named asteroids with a measured size) |
| Albedo | 0.411 |
| Rotation period | 10.6 hours |
| Spectral type | S |
| Absolute magnitude (H) | 13.77 |
| Orbital period | 3.69 years |
| Semi-major axis | 2.39 au |
| Perihelion – aphelion | 1.67 – 3.10 au |
| Eccentricity | 0.300 |
| Inclination | 4.59° |
| Closest distance between its orbit and Earth's (MOID) | 0.693 au |
Data: NASA/JPL Small-Body Database and the IAU Minor Planet Center.
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