(5397) Vojislava Main-belt Asteroid
Discovered on 14 November 1988 by Y. Oshima at Gekko.
Vojislava Protitch-Benishek (b. 1946), daughter of Milorad B. Protitch, three-time director of the Belgrade Observatory, has been a member of the Belgrade staff since 1972, continuing her father's work there on celestial mechanics and minor planets, together with her husband and son.Naming citation (WGSBN Bull. 5, #19, 5), IAU / Minor Planet Center, via NASA/JPL
Where Vojislava is today
Seen from above the solar system on 2026-10-14: Vojislava is 3.00 au from the Sun and 3.96 au from Earth. Computed from JPL's orbital elements.
Facts
| Number | 5397 |
| Provisional designation | 1988 VB5 |
| Orbit class | Main-belt Asteroid |
| Diameter | 11.5 km (#4,331 largest of 17,440 named asteroids with a measured size) |
| Albedo | 0.101 |
| Rotation period | 54.0 hours |
| Spectral type | Sl |
| Absolute magnitude (H) | 12.81 |
| Orbital period | 4.02 years |
| Semi-major axis | 2.53 au |
| Perihelion – aphelion | 2.06 – 3.00 au |
| Eccentricity | 0.187 |
| Inclination | 12.4° |
| Closest distance between its orbit and Earth's (MOID) | 1.07 au |
Data: NASA/JPL Small-Body Database and the IAU Minor Planet Center.