(5666) Rabelais Main-belt Asteroid
Discovered on 14 October 1982 by L. G. Karachkina at Nauchnyj.
Where Rabelais is today
Seen from above the solar system on 2026-10-14: Rabelais is 2.17 au from the Sun and 2.65 au from Earth. Computed from JPL's orbital elements.
Facts
| Number | 5666 |
| Provisional designation | 1982 TP1 |
| Orbit class | Main-belt Asteroid |
| Diameter | 12.3 km (#3,953 largest of 17,440 named asteroids with a measured size) |
| Albedo | 0.0530 |
| Rotation period | 9.64 hours |
| Absolute magnitude (H) | 13.56 |
| Orbital period | 3.91 years |
| Semi-major axis | 2.48 au |
| Perihelion – aphelion | 2.17 – 2.79 au |
| Eccentricity | 0.125 |
| Inclination | 3.39° |
| Closest distance between its orbit and Earth's (MOID) | 1.19 au |
Data: NASA/JPL Small-Body Database and the IAU Minor Planet Center.
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