Discovery [1] | |
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Discovered by | P. Jensen |
Discovery site | Brorfelde Obs. |
Discovery date | 3 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 arc | 86.46 yr (31,578 days) |
Aphelion | 3.8235 AU |
Perihelion | 2.4821 AU |
3.1528 AU | |
Eccentricity | 0.2127 |
5.60 yr (2,045 days) | |
222.85° | |
0° 10m 33.96s / day | |
Inclination | 9.0509° |
302.09° | |
35.061° | |
Physical characteristics | |
Dimensions | 19.934±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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