(5238) Naozane Main-belt Asteroid
Discovered on 13 November 1990 by Hioki, T., Hayakawa, S. at Okutama.
Where Naozane is today
Seen from above the solar system on 2026-10-14: Naozane is 2.06 au from the Sun and 2.89 au from Earth. Computed from JPL's orbital elements.
Facts
| Number | 5238 |
| Provisional designation | 1990 VE2 |
| Orbit class | Main-belt Asteroid |
| Diameter | 5.92 km (#9,058 largest of 17,440 named asteroids with a measured size) |
| Albedo | 0.290 |
| Rotation period | 88.8 hours |
| Absolute magnitude (H) | 13.37 |
| Orbital period | 3.43 years |
| Semi-major axis | 2.27 au |
| Perihelion – aphelion | 2.01 – 2.54 au |
| Eccentricity | 0.117 |
| Inclination | 5.88° |
| Closest distance between its orbit and Earth's (MOID) | 1.01 au |
Data: NASA/JPL Small-Body Database and the IAU Minor Planet Center.
Also discovered on 13 November 1990
- (4718) Araki
- (4805) Asteropaios
- (5138) Gyoda
- (5139) Rumoi
- (5191) Paddack
- (5214) Oozora
- (6195) Nukariya
- (6246) Komurotoru
- (13057) Jorgensen
- (23475) Nakazawa
- (43793) Mackey
- (65688) Jarnac
More named asteroids discovered by Hioki, T., Hayakawa, S.
- (4384) Henrybuhl
- (5138) Gyoda
- (5142) Okutama
- (5339) Desmars
- (5629) Kuwana
- (5783) Kumagaya
- (5822) Masakichi
- (6071) Sakitama
- (6094) Hisako
- (6198) Shirakawa
- (7429) Hoshikawa
- (8189) Naruke
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