5900 Jensen

5900 Jensen
Discovery [1]
Discovered byP. Jensen
Discovery siteBrorfelde Obs.
Discovery date3 October 1986
Designations
(5900) Jensen
Named after
Paul and Bodil Jensen [2]
(discoverer and wife)
1986 TL · 1930 UT
1969 PD
main-belt · (outer)
Lixiaohua[3]
Orbital characteristics[1]
Epoch 4 September 2017 (JD 2458000.5)
Uncertainty parameter 0
Observation arc86.46 yr (31,578 days)
Aphelion3.8235 AU
Perihelion2.4821 AU
3.1528 AU
Eccentricity0.2127
5.60 yr (2,045 days)
222.85°
0° 10m 33.96s / day
Inclination9.0509°
302.09°
35.061°
Physical characteristics
Dimensions19.934±0.195 km[4]
0.030±0.014[5]
12.2[1]

5900 Jensen, provisional designation 1986 TL, is a dark Lixiaohua asteroid from the outer regions of the asteroid belt, approximately 19 kilometers in diameter. It was discovered on 3 October 1986, by Danish astronomer Poul Jensen at the Brorfelde Observatory in Denmark.[6] The asteroid was named for the discoverer and his wife Bodil Jensen.

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