(5347) Orestelesca Main-belt Asteroid
Discovered on 24 February 1985 by E. F. Helin at Palomar.
Amateur astronomer Oreste Lesca (b. 1947) is a photographer and a lover of nature who has always captured elusive details with his camera, particularly his astronomical images. Name suggested by S. Foglia.Naming citation (MPC batch dated 2013-07-22), IAU / Minor Planet Center, via NASA/JPL
Where Orestelesca is today
Seen from above the solar system on 2026-10-14: Orestelesca is 2.91 au from the Sun and 3.60 au from Earth. Computed from JPL's orbital elements.
Facts
| Number | 5347 |
| Provisional designation | 1985 DX2 |
| Orbit class | Main-belt Asteroid |
| Diameter | 11.5 km (#4,314 largest of 17,440 named asteroids with a measured size) |
| Albedo | 0.232 |
| Absolute magnitude (H) | 12.73 |
| Orbital period | 5.23 years |
| Semi-major axis | 3.01 au |
| Perihelion – aphelion | 2.90 – 3.13 au |
| Eccentricity | 0.0381 |
| Inclination | 11.1° |
| Closest distance between its orbit and Earth's (MOID) | 1.90 au |
Data: NASA/JPL Small-Body Database and the IAU Minor Planet Center.