(5492) Thoma Main-belt Asteroid
Discovered on 26 March 1971 by van Houten, C. J., van Houten-Groeneveld, I., Gehrels, T. at Palomar.
Where Thoma is today
Seen from above the solar system on 2026-10-14: Thoma is 3.12 au from the Sun and 4.06 au from Earth. Computed from JPL's orbital elements.
Facts
| Number | 5492 |
| Provisional designation | 3227 T-1 |
| Orbit class | Main-belt Asteroid |
| Diameter | 13.4 km (#3,576 largest of 17,440 named asteroids with a measured size) |
| Albedo | 0.222 |
| Rotation period | 3.31 hours |
| Spectral type | L |
| Absolute magnitude (H) | 12.49 |
| Orbital period | 4.64 years |
| Semi-major axis | 2.78 au |
| Perihelion – aphelion | 2.40 – 3.17 au |
| Eccentricity | 0.138 |
| Inclination | 17.6° |
| Closest distance between its orbit and Earth's (MOID) | 1.40 au |
Data: NASA/JPL Small-Body Database and the IAU Minor Planet Center.
Also discovered on 26 March 1971
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- (5491) Kaulbach
- (5698) Nolde
- (6202) Georgemiley
- (6257) Thorvaldsen
- (6351) Neumann
- (6429) Brancusi
- (6674) Cezanne
- (6752) Ashley
- (7367) Giotto
- (7908) Zwingli
- (8057) Hofmannsthal