(5856) Peluk Main-belt Asteroid
Discovered on 5 January 1994 by Ueda, S., Kaneda, H. at Kushiro.
Peter-Lukas Graf (b. 1929) is a Swiss musician, flutist and conductor, mainly distinguished as soloist, teacher and author.Naming citation (WGSBN Bull. 1, #3, 6), IAU / Minor Planet Center, via NASA/JPL
Where Peluk is today
Seen from above the solar system on 2026-10-14: Peluk is 2.32 au from the Sun and 1.41 au from Earth. Computed from JPL's orbital elements.
Facts
| Number | 5856 |
| Provisional designation | 1994 AL2 |
| Orbit class | Main-belt Asteroid |
| Rotation period | 10.5 hours |
| Absolute magnitude (H) | 13.15 |
| Orbital period | 4.20 years |
| Semi-major axis | 2.60 au |
| Perihelion – aphelion | 2.32 – 2.89 au |
| Eccentricity | 0.110 |
| Inclination | 16.0° |
| Closest distance between its orbit and Earth's (MOID) | 1.38 au |
Data: NASA/JPL Small-Body Database and the IAU Minor Planet Center.
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