(5135) Nibutani Main-belt Asteroid
Discovered on 16 October 1990 by Ueda, S., Kaneda, H. at Kushiro.
Named for a valley sacred to the indigenous Ainu people of Hokkaido. Name suggested by H. Ueda.Naming citation (19961224/MPCPages.arc), IAU / Minor Planet Center, via NASA/JPL
Where Nibutani is today
Seen from above the solar system on 2026-10-14: Nibutani is 1.96 au from the Sun and 2.34 au from Earth. Computed from JPL's orbital elements.
Facts
| Number | 5135 |
| Provisional designation | 1990 UE |
| Orbit class | Main-belt Asteroid |
| Diameter | 4.82 km (#10,974 largest of 17,440 named asteroids with a measured size) |
| Albedo | 0.527 |
| Rotation period | 2.82 hours |
| Absolute magnitude (H) | 13.61 |
| Orbital period | 3.35 years |
| Semi-major axis | 2.24 au |
| Perihelion – aphelion | 1.95 – 2.53 au |
| Eccentricity | 0.128 |
| Inclination | 3.30° |
| Closest distance between its orbit and Earth's (MOID) | 0.939 au |
Data: NASA/JPL Small-Body Database and the IAU Minor Planet Center.
Also discovered on 16 October 1990
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- (6317) Dreyfus
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- (6719) Gallaj
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