(5173) Stjerneborg Main-belt Asteroid
Discovered on 13 March 1988 by P. Jensen at Brorfelde.
Stjerneborg was the pioneering astronomical observatory build by Tycho Brahe on the Danish island of Hven in 1584.Naming citation (20050407/MPCPages.arc), IAU / Minor Planet Center, via NASA/JPL
Where Stjerneborg is today
Seen from above the solar system on 2026-10-14: Stjerneborg is 2.14 au from the Sun and 2.70 au from Earth. Computed from JPL's orbital elements.
Facts
| Number | 5173 |
| Provisional designation | 1988 EM1 |
| Orbit class | Main-belt Asteroid |
| Diameter | 5.97 km (#8,979 largest of 17,440 named asteroids with a measured size) |
| Albedo | 0.313 |
| Absolute magnitude (H) | 13.29 |
| Orbital period | 4.33 years |
| Semi-major axis | 2.66 au |
| Perihelion – aphelion | 2.13 – 3.18 au |
| Eccentricity | 0.197 |
| Inclination | 11.8° |
| Closest distance between its orbit and Earth's (MOID) | 1.15 au |
Data: NASA/JPL Small-Body Database and the IAU Minor Planet Center.
Also discovered on 13 March 1988
More named asteroids discovered by P. Jensen
- (3459) Bodil
- (3782) Celle
- (3796) Lene
- (3830) Trelleborg
- (3858) Dorchester
- (3864) Soren
- (3948) Bohr
- (3956) Caspar
- (3989) Odin
- (3990) Heimdal
- (4059) Balder
- (4088) Baggesen
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