(5088) Tancredi Main-belt Asteroid
Discovered on 22 August 1979 by C.-I. Lagerkvist at La Silla.
Where Tancredi is today
Seen from above the solar system on 2026-10-14: Tancredi is 3.31 au from the Sun and 4.29 au from Earth. Computed from JPL's orbital elements.
Facts
| Number | 5088 |
| Provisional designation | 1979 QZ1 |
| Orbit class | Main-belt Asteroid |
| Diameter | 15.9 km (#2,906 largest of 17,440 named asteroids with a measured size) |
| Albedo | 0.0700 |
| Rotation period | 5.06 hours |
| Absolute magnitude (H) | 12.69 |
| Orbital period | 5.47 years |
| Semi-major axis | 3.10 au |
| Perihelion – aphelion | 2.62 – 3.59 au |
| Eccentricity | 0.157 |
| Inclination | 0.582° |
| Closest distance between its orbit and Earth's (MOID) | 1.63 au |
Data: NASA/JPL Small-Body Database and the IAU Minor Planet Center.
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