(5595) Roth Main-belt Asteroid
Discovered on 5 August 1991 by H. E. Holt at Palomar.
Named in honor of Mary L. Roth (b. 1935), executive assistant to the organizing committee of the “Asteroids, Comets, Meteors” meeting held at Cornell University in July 1999. Roth has been a diligent contributor to the Cornell space effort for the past 25 years, encompassing missions such as Viking, Voyager, Galileo, NEAR and CONTOUR. Name suggested by B. E. Clark and citation provided by J. Veverka.Naming citation (19990728/MPCPages.arc), IAU / Minor Planet Center, via NASA/JPL
Where Roth is today
Seen from above the solar system on 2026-10-14: Roth is 2.98 au from the Sun and 3.59 au from Earth. Computed from JPL's orbital elements.
Facts
| Number | 5595 |
| Provisional designation | 1991 PJ |
| Orbit class | Main-belt Asteroid |
| Diameter | 9.83 km (#5,207 largest of 17,440 named asteroids with a measured size) |
| Albedo | 0.201 |
| Spectral type | S |
| Absolute magnitude (H) | 12.61 |
| Orbital period | 4.50 years |
| Semi-major axis | 2.72 au |
| Perihelion – aphelion | 2.28 – 3.17 au |
| Eccentricity | 0.164 |
| Inclination | 9.83° |
| Closest distance between its orbit and Earth's (MOID) | 1.31 au |
Data: NASA/JPL Small-Body Database and the IAU Minor Planet Center.
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