5020 Asimov

Infobox Planet | minorplanet = yes | width = 25em | bgcolour = #FFFFC0
name=5020 Asimov
discovery=yes
discovery_ref= [http://cfa-www.harvard.edu/iau/lists/NumberedMPs.html]
discoverer=Schelte J. Bus
discovered=March 2, 1981
alt_names=1963 UH; mp|1981 EX|19
mp_category=Main belt
orbit_ref= [ftp://ftp.lowell.edu/pub/elgb/astorb.html]
epoch=December 31, 2006 (JD 2454100.5)
semimajor=322.323 Gm (2.155 AU)
perihelion=253.756 Gm (1.696 AU)
aphelion=390.889 Gm (2.613 AU)
eccentricity=0.213
period=1155.173 d (3.16 a)
inclination=1.099°
asc_node=197.343°
arg_peri=131.288°
mean_anomaly=275.718°
avg_speed=20.06 km/s
physical_characteristics=yes
dimensions=? km
mass=?e|? kg
density=2.0? g/cm³
surface_grav=? m/s²
escape_velocity=? km/s
sidereal_day=? d
axial_tilt=?° | pole_ecliptic_lat=? | pole_ecliptic_lon=?
spectral_type=?
abs_magnitude=14.6
albedo=0.10
single_temperature=~190 K

5020 Asimov is an asteroid discovered March 2, 1981 by Schelte J. Bus, who also discovered 4923 Clarke on the same day. It is named after Isaac Asimov, the prolific American science fiction author. On average, the asteroid has an apparent magnitude of 9.4.

External links

*MPCit_JPL|5020|JPL data sheet
* [http://hamilton.dm.unipi.it/cgi-bin/astdys/astibo?objects:Asimov;main Data concerning 5020 Asimov]