(5548) Thosharriot Main-belt Asteroid
Discovered on 3 October 1980 by Z. Vavrova at Klet.
Thomas Harriot (1560-1621) is recognized as having made the first use of a telescope to record a celestial object with his drawing of the moon from Syon House, near London, on 1609 July 26 (O.S.), several months before Galileo. Better known as a mathematician, Harriot devised the symbols.Naming citation (20090409/MPCPages.arc), IAU / Minor Planet Center, via NASA/JPL
Where Thosharriot is today
Seen from above the solar system on 2026-10-14: Thosharriot is 3.12 au from the Sun and 2.66 au from Earth. Computed from JPL's orbital elements.
Facts
| Number | 5548 |
| Provisional designation | 1980 TH |
| Orbit class | Main-belt Asteroid |
| Diameter | 11.7 km (#4,204 largest of 17,440 named asteroids with a measured size) |
| Albedo | 0.223 |
| Absolute magnitude (H) | 12.5 |
| Orbital period | 5.18 years |
| Semi-major axis | 2.99 au |
| Perihelion – aphelion | 2.78 – 3.21 au |
| Eccentricity | 0.0705 |
| Inclination | 9.97° |
| Closest distance between its orbit and Earth's (MOID) | 1.82 au |
Data: NASA/JPL Small-Body Database and the IAU Minor Planet Center.
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