(5267) Zegmott Main-belt Asteroid
Discovered on 13 February 1966 by Purple Mountain Observatory at Nanking.
Tarik Zegmott (b. 1992) is a British Astronomy PhD student whose research for his Masters thesis, “Optimising Observing Strategies for Near-Earth Asteroid Characterisation”, was undertaken at the Harvard-Smithsonian Center for Astrophysics.Naming citation (MPC batch dated 2015-11-25), IAU / Minor Planet Center, via NASA/JPL
Where Zegmott is today
Seen from above the solar system on 2026-10-14: Zegmott is 2.54 au from the Sun and 1.61 au from Earth. Computed from JPL's orbital elements.
Facts
| Number | 5267 |
| Provisional designation | 1966 CF |
| Orbit class | Main-belt Asteroid |
| Diameter | 4.57 km (#11,494 largest of 17,440 named asteroids with a measured size) |
| Albedo | 0.177 |
| Rotation period | 5.37 hours |
| Absolute magnitude (H) | 13.45 |
| Orbital period | 3.65 years |
| Semi-major axis | 2.37 au |
| Perihelion – aphelion | 2.17 – 2.57 au |
| Eccentricity | 0.0850 |
| Inclination | 9.03° |
| Closest distance between its orbit and Earth's (MOID) | 1.19 au |
Data: NASA/JPL Small-Body Database and the IAU Minor Planet Center.