(5460) Tsenaat'a'i Main-belt Asteroid
Discovered on 12 January 1983 by B. A. Skiff at Anderson Mesa.
This name, ‘Flying Rock’ or ‘Rock Which Flies’ in the Navajo language, signifies the motion of the minor planet through space and gives recognition to the contribution of the Navajo culture and language to northern Arizona. Name suggested by Derekson Bert, eighth-grade student at Rocky Ridge School in Dinnebito, Arizona, winner of a contest to name this object in conjunction with the 1996 Flagstaff Festival of Science.Naming citation (19961224/MPCPages.arc), IAU / Minor Planet Center, via NASA/JPL
Where Tsenaat'a'i is today
Seen from above the solar system on 2026-10-14: Tsenaat'a'i is 1.97 au from the Sun and 2.88 au from Earth. Computed from JPL's orbital elements.
Facts
| Number | 5460 |
| Provisional designation | 1983 AW |
| Orbit class | Main-belt Asteroid |
| Diameter | 3.46 km (#14,075 largest of 17,440 named asteroids with a measured size) |
| Albedo | 0.338 |
| Absolute magnitude (H) | 14.48 |
| Orbital period | 3.34 years |
| Semi-major axis | 2.23 au |
| Perihelion – aphelion | 1.86 – 2.61 au |
| Eccentricity | 0.168 |
| Inclination | 3.68° |
| Closest distance between its orbit and Earth's (MOID) | 0.879 au |
Data: NASA/JPL Small-Body Database and the IAU Minor Planet Center.
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Also discovered on 12 January 1983
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- (2881) Meiden
- (3614) Tumilty
- (3819) Robinson
- (3872) Akirafujii
- (4147) Lennon
- (4783) Wasson
- (13006) Schwaar