(5366) Rhianjones Main-belt Asteroid
Discovered on 2 March 1981 by S. J. Bus at Siding Spring.
Rhian Jones (b. 1960) is an experimental and sample petrologist at the Institute of Meteoritics at the University of New Mexico. Her work has enhanced our understanding of processes by which chondrules were formed in the solar nebula and later modified by heat and fluids on minor planets.Naming citation (20020624/MPCPages.arc), IAU / Minor Planet Center, via NASA/JPL
Where Rhianjones is today
Seen from above the solar system on 2026-10-14: Rhianjones is 2.19 au from the Sun and 1.63 au from Earth. Computed from JPL's orbital elements.
Facts
| Number | 5366 |
| Provisional designation | 1981 EY30 |
| Orbit class | Main-belt Asteroid |
| Diameter | 4.24 km (#12,186 largest of 17,440 named asteroids with a measured size) |
| Albedo | 0.226 |
| Absolute magnitude (H) | 14.11 |
| Orbital period | 3.36 years |
| Semi-major axis | 2.24 au |
| Perihelion – aphelion | 1.78 – 2.70 au |
| Eccentricity | 0.206 |
| Inclination | 4.05° |
| Closest distance between its orbit and Earth's (MOID) | 0.767 au |
Data: NASA/JPL Small-Body Database and the IAU Minor Planet Center.
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