5370 Taranis
5370 Taranis, provisional designation 1986 RA, is an asteroid and suspected dormant comet on an eccentric orbit, classified as near-Earth object of the Amor group, approximately 5 kilometers in diameter.
| Discovery | |
|---|---|
| Discovered by | A. Maury |
| Discovery site | Palomar Obs. |
| Discovery date | 2 September 1986 |
| Designations | |
| (5370) Taranis | |
Named after | Taranis (Celtic mythology) |
| 1986 RA | |
| NEO · Amor | |
| Orbital characteristics | |
| Epoch 4 September 2017 (JD 2458000.5) | |
| Uncertainty parameter 0 | |
| Observation arc | 29.93 yr (10,932 d) |
| Aphelion | 5.4438 AU |
| Perihelion | 1.2118 AU |
| 3.3278 AU | |
| Eccentricity | 0.6359 |
| 6.07 yr (2,217 days) | |
| 27.914° | |
| 0° 9m 44.64s / day | |
| Inclination | 19.131° |
| 177.85° | |
| 161.27° | |
| Earth MOID | 0.2196 AU · 85.6 LD |
| Jupiter MOID | 0.3673 AU |
| Physical characteristics | |
| Dimensions | 2.30 km (derived) 3.6 km (Gehrels) 5.308±0.082 km 6.3±0.05 km |
| 0.037±0.009 0.051±0.009 0.20 (assumed) | |
| S (assumed) | |
| 15.2 · 15.56 | |
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