(5047) Zanda Main-belt Asteroid
Discovered on 2 March 1981 by S. J. Bus at Siding Spring.
Brigitte Zanda (b. 1958) is a meteorite curator at the Museum National d'Histoire Naturelle in Paris and an adjunct faculty member at Rutgers University. Her research on the formation of chondrules has placed important constraints on chemical and physical processes operating in the solar nebula.Naming citation (20001013/MPCPages.arc), IAU / Minor Planet Center, via NASA/JPL
Where Zanda is today
Seen from above the solar system on 2026-10-14: Zanda is 2.69 au from the Sun and 3.17 au from Earth. Computed from JPL's orbital elements.
Facts
| Number | 5047 |
| Provisional designation | 1981 EO42 |
| Orbit class | Main-belt Asteroid |
| Diameter | 6.05 km (#8,856 largest of 17,440 named asteroids with a measured size) |
| Albedo | 0.253 |
| Rotation period | 3.81 hours |
| Absolute magnitude (H) | 13.47 |
| Orbital period | 4.03 years |
| Semi-major axis | 2.53 au |
| Perihelion – aphelion | 2.18 – 2.88 au |
| Eccentricity | 0.138 |
| Inclination | 5.47° |
| Closest distance between its orbit and Earth's (MOID) | 1.19 au |
Data: NASA/JPL Small-Body Database and the IAU Minor Planet Center.
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