5020 Asimov

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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.

apoapsis (km)

3.90889e+11

average speed (km/s)

72216.0

orbital period (μ)

9.98069e+07

periapsis (km)

2.53756e+11

temperature (K)

190.0

absolute magnitude

14.6

albedo

0.1

discovery date

1981-03-02

discoverer

Schelte J. Bus

epoch

December 31 2006 (JD 2454100.5)

former name

1963 UH;