(5687) Yamamotoshinobu Main-belt Asteroid

Discovered on 13 January 1991 by Kushida, Y., Muramatsu, O. at Yatsugatake.

Where Yamamotoshinobu is today

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Seen from above the solar system on 2026-10-14: Yamamotoshinobu is 2.69 au from the Sun and 2.19 au from Earth. Computed from JPL's orbital elements.

Facts

Number5687
Provisional designation1991 AB1
Orbit classMain-belt Asteroid
Diameter14.1 km (#3,365 largest of 17,440 named asteroids with a measured size)
Albedo0.321
Rotation period155 hours
Absolute magnitude (H)11.4
Orbital period5.22 years
Semi-major axis3.01 au
Perihelion – aphelion2.50 – 3.52 au
Eccentricity0.170
Inclination12.4°
Closest distance between its orbit and Earth's (MOID)1.52 au

Data: NASA/JPL Small-Body Database and the IAU Minor Planet Center.

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