(5537) Sanya Main-belt Asteroid
Discovered on 9 October 1964 by Purple Mountain Observatory at Nanking.
Sanya, located on the southern tip of Hainan Island, is the only tropical seaside tourist city in China. As a spring city with its blue sea, white sandy beaches and world-class atmospheric environment, Sanya is known as the hometown of sunshine and the paradise of vacation.Naming citation (MPC batch dated 2013-07-22), IAU / Minor Planet Center, via NASA/JPL
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Where Sanya is today
Seen from above the solar system on 2026-10-14: Sanya is 2.04 au from the Sun and 1.20 au from Earth. Computed from JPL's orbital elements.
Facts
| Number | 5537 |
| Provisional designation | 1964 TA2 |
| Orbit class | Main-belt Asteroid |
| Diameter | 3.87 km (#13,058 largest of 17,440 named asteroids with a measured size) |
| Albedo | 0.470 |
| Rotation period | 3.43 hours |
| Absolute magnitude (H) | 14.2 |
| Orbital period | 3.43 years |
| Semi-major axis | 2.28 au |
| Perihelion – aphelion | 1.90 – 2.65 au |
| Eccentricity | 0.165 |
| Inclination | 5.94° |
| Closest distance between its orbit and Earth's (MOID) | 0.892 au |
Data: NASA/JPL Small-Body Database and the IAU Minor Planet Center.
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- (2012) Guo Shou-Jing
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