(5597) Warren Main-belt Asteroid
Discovered on 5 August 1991 by H. E. Holt at Palomar.
Named in honor of Jeffery Warren (b. 1960), optical engineer at the Applied Physics Laboratory of Johns Hopkins University. Warren was responsible for the design, fabrication and operation of a major instrument on the NEAR spacecraft, the Near-Infrared Spectrometer (NIS). The NIS investigation represents the first-ever mapping of the surface of a minor planet from orbit. Name suggested and citation provided by J. Veverka.Naming citation (19990728/MPCPages.arc), IAU / Minor Planet Center, via NASA/JPL
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Where Warren is today
Seen from above the solar system on 2026-10-14: Warren is 2.58 au from the Sun and 1.80 au from Earth. Computed from JPL's orbital elements.
Facts
| Number | 5597 |
| Provisional designation | 1991 PC13 |
| Orbit class | Main-belt Asteroid |
| Diameter | 4.01 km (#12,717 largest of 17,440 named asteroids with a measured size) |
| Albedo | 0.481 |
| Absolute magnitude (H) | 13.7 |
| Orbital period | 3.82 years |
| Semi-major axis | 2.44 au |
| Perihelion – aphelion | 1.93 – 2.96 au |
| Eccentricity | 0.210 |
| Inclination | 4.56° |
| Closest distance between its orbit and Earth's (MOID) | 0.917 au |
Data: NASA/JPL Small-Body Database and the IAU Minor Planet Center.
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