(5356) Neagari Main-belt Asteroid

Discovered on 21 March 1991 by Endate, K., Watanabe, K. at Kitami.

Neagari is the name of an old town in Nomi District, Ishikawa Prefecture, Japan. According to an old document, it was named after a pine tree in a mountain ridge in the district.Naming citation (MPC batch dated 2015-12-25), IAU / Minor Planet Center, via NASA/JPL

Where Neagari is today

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Seen from above the solar system on 2026-10-14: Neagari is 2.76 au from the Sun and 2.42 au from Earth. Computed from JPL's orbital elements.

Facts

Number5356
Provisional designation1991 FF1
Orbit classMain-belt Asteroid
Diameter9.91 km (#5,149 largest of 17,440 named asteroids with a measured size)
Albedo0.232
Absolute magnitude (H)12.53
Orbital period4.21 years
Semi-major axis2.61 au
Perihelion – aphelion2.20 – 3.01 au
Eccentricity0.155
Inclination14.3°
Closest distance between its orbit and Earth's (MOID)1.27 au

Data: NASA/JPL Small-Body Database and the IAU Minor Planet Center.

Also discovered on 21 March 1991

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