(5071) Schoenmaker Main-belt Asteroid

Discovered on 30 September 1973 by van Houten, C. J., van Houten-Groeneveld, I., Gehrels, T. at Palomar.

Where Schoenmaker is today

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Seen from above the solar system on 2026-10-14: Schoenmaker is 2.67 au from the Sun and 3.30 au from Earth. Computed from JPL's orbital elements.

Facts

Number5071
Provisional designation3099 T-2
Orbit classMain-belt Asteroid
Diameter16.3 km (#2,820 largest of 17,440 named asteroids with a measured size)
Albedo0.0660
Absolute magnitude (H)12.88
Orbital period5.68 years
Semi-major axis3.18 au
Perihelion – aphelion2.60 – 3.77 au
Eccentricity0.184
Inclination10.1°
Closest distance between its orbit and Earth's (MOID)1.63 au

Data: NASA/JPL Small-Body Database and the IAU Minor Planet Center.

Also discovered on 30 September 1973

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