(5580) Sharidake Main-belt Asteroid

Discovered on 10 September 1988 by Endate, K., Watanabe, K. at Kitami.

Where Sharidake is today

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Seen from above the solar system on 2026-10-14: Sharidake is 2.04 au from the Sun and 2.30 au from Earth. Computed from JPL's orbital elements.

Facts

Number5580
Provisional designation1988 RP1
Orbit classMain-belt Asteroid
Diameter3.77 km (#13,298 largest of 17,440 named asteroids with a measured size)
Albedo0.399
Rotation period14.6 hours
Absolute magnitude (H)14.03
Orbital period3.39 years
Semi-major axis2.25 au
Perihelion – aphelion1.91 – 2.60 au
Eccentricity0.153
Inclination5.78°
Closest distance between its orbit and Earth's (MOID)0.923 au

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

Also discovered on 10 September 1988

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