(5888) Ruders Main-belt Asteroid
Discovered on 7 November 1978 by Helin, E. F., Bus, S. J. at Palomar.
Poul Ruders (b. 1949) is a Danish composer of daring and imaginative contemporary music, expressed in a large production of symphonies, operas, concertos, chamber music and solo instrumental works.Naming citation (MPC batch dated 2016-08-18), IAU / Minor Planet Center, via NASA/JPL
Where Ruders is today
Seen from above the solar system on 2026-10-14: Ruders is 2.66 au from the Sun and 2.30 au from Earth. Computed from JPL's orbital elements.
Facts
| Number | 5888 |
| Provisional designation | 1978 VU7 |
| Orbit class | Main-belt Asteroid |
| Absolute magnitude (H) | 13.16 |
| Orbital period | 4.78 years |
| Semi-major axis | 2.84 au |
| Perihelion – aphelion | 2.57 – 3.10 au |
| Eccentricity | 0.0921 |
| Inclination | 1.25° |
| Closest distance between its orbit and Earth's (MOID) | 1.58 au |
Data: NASA/JPL Small-Body Database and the IAU Minor Planet Center.
Also named after someone called Poul
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