(5205) Servian Main-belt Asteroid
Discovered on 11 February 1988 by Ueda, S., Kaneda, H. at Kushiro.
Berta E. Servián de Flores (1914-1996) was the first Paraguayan aviatrix. The airport of the city of Caazapá (Paraguay) is named after her. Name suggested by J. L. Maidana.Naming citation (MPC batch dated 2015-07-02), IAU / Minor Planet Center, via NASA/JPL
Where Servian is today
Seen from above the solar system on 2026-10-14: Servian is 2.42 au from the Sun and 2.09 au from Earth. Computed from JPL's orbital elements.
Facts
| Number | 5205 |
| Provisional designation | 1988 CU7 |
| Orbit class | Main-belt Asteroid |
| Diameter | 5.00 km (#10,623 largest of 17,440 named asteroids with a measured size) |
| Albedo | 0.322 |
| Absolute magnitude (H) | 14.0 |
| Orbital period | 3.57 years |
| Semi-major axis | 2.34 au |
| Perihelion – aphelion | 2.23 – 2.44 au |
| Eccentricity | 0.0444 |
| Inclination | 6.37° |
| Closest distance between its orbit and Earth's (MOID) | 1.23 au |
Data: NASA/JPL Small-Body Database and the IAU Minor Planet Center.
Also named after someone called Berta
All asteroids named after someone called Berta
Also discovered on 11 February 1988
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- (4345) Rachmaninoff
- (4825) Ventura
- (5204) Herakleitos
- (6001) Thales
- (6186) Zenon
- (6294) Czerny
- (6295) Schmoll
- (7012) Hobbes
- (9569) Quintenmatsijs
- (9839) Crabbegat
- (10057) L'Obel