(5619) Shair

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Asteroid
(5619) Shair
Properties of the orbit ( animation )
Epoch:  December 9, 2014 ( JD 2,457,000.5)
Orbit type Main belt asteroid
Major semi-axis 2.6250  AU
eccentricity 0.2144
Perihelion - aphelion 2.0622 AU - 3.1878 AU
Inclination of the orbit plane 25.2458 °
Sidereal period 4.25 a
Mean orbital velocity 18.38 km / s
Physical Properties
Rotation period 5.06 h
Absolute brightness 12.7 mag
history
Explorer E. F. Helin
Date of discovery April 26, 1990
Another name 1990 HC 1 , 1978 SQ 3 , 1991 TT 1
Source: Unless otherwise stated, the data comes from JPL Small-Body Database Browser . The affiliation to an asteroid family is automatically determined from the AstDyS-2 database . Please also note the note on asteroid items.

(5619) Shair is an asteroid of the main belt , the American US by on 26 April 1990 astronomer Eleanor Helin at the Palomar Observatory in California was discovered.

It was named after Frederick Shair , the director of education at the Jet Propulsion Laboratory .

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