(5863) Tara Amor
Discovered on 7 September 1983 by Shoemaker, C. S., Shoemaker, E. M. at Palomar.
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Where Tara is today
Seen from above the solar system on 2026-10-14: Tara is 1.40 au from the Sun and 0.681 au from Earth. Computed from JPL's orbital elements.
Facts
| Number | 5863 |
| Provisional designation | 1983 RB |
| Orbit class | Amor · near-Earth |
| Diameter | 1.34 km (#17,382 largest of 17,440 named asteroids with a measured size) |
| Albedo | 0.488 |
| Rotation period | 5.87 hours |
| Absolute magnitude (H) | 15.81 |
| Orbital period | 3.31 years |
| Semi-major axis | 2.22 au |
| Perihelion – aphelion | 1.09 – 3.35 au |
| Eccentricity | 0.507 |
| Inclination | 19.5° |
| Closest distance between its orbit and Earth's (MOID) | 0.231 au |
Data: NASA/JPL Small-Body Database and the IAU Minor Planet Center.