(5760) Mittlefehldt Main-belt Asteroid
Discovered on 1 March 1981 by S. J. Bus at Siding Spring.
David (Duck) Mittlefehldt (b. 1951) of NASA's Johnson Space Center has applied petrologic and geochemical techniques to understanding the origin and evolution of differentiated planets, major and minor. He is a leading expert on both asteroidal basalts and martian meteorites.Naming citation (20020624/MPCPages.arc), IAU / Minor Planet Center, via NASA/JPL
Where Mittlefehldt is today
Seen from above the solar system on 2026-10-14: Mittlefehldt is 3.24 au from the Sun and 3.97 au from Earth. Computed from JPL's orbital elements.
Facts
| Number | 5760 |
| Provisional designation | 1981 EX13 |
| Orbit class | Main-belt Asteroid |
| Diameter | 10.6 km (#4,793 largest of 17,440 named asteroids with a measured size) |
| Albedo | 0.132 |
| Rotation period | 5.49 hours |
| Absolute magnitude (H) | 13.14 |
| Orbital period | 5.13 years |
| Semi-major axis | 2.98 au |
| Perihelion – aphelion | 2.70 – 3.25 au |
| Eccentricity | 0.0925 |
| Inclination | 9.56° |
| Closest distance between its orbit and Earth's (MOID) | 1.71 au |
Data: NASA/JPL Small-Body Database and the IAU Minor Planet Center.
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- (3016) Meuse
- (3029) Sanders
- (3030) Vehrenberg
- (3042) Zelinsky
- (3058) Delmary
- (3075) Bornmann
- (3135) Lauer
- (3308) Ferreri
- (3472) Upgren
- (3498) Belton
- (3503) Brandt