5342 Le Poole
asteroid
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Summary
5342 Le Poole is an asteroid[1]. It has Wikipedia articles in 12 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.[2]
Key Facts
- Discoverer or inventor: Cornelis Johannes van Houten[3], Ingrid van Houten-Groeneveld[4], Tom Gehrels[5]
- Site of astronomical discovery: Palomar Observatory[6]
- Named after: Q141691072[7]
- Follows: 5341 Purgathofer[8]
- Followed by: 5343 Ryzhov[9]
- Minor planet group: asteroid belt[10]
- Parent astronomical body: Sun[11]
- Provisional designation: 1988 NB[12], 3129 T-2[13], 5028 T-3[14]
- Time of discovery or invention: September 30, 1973[15]
- Significant event: naming[16]
- Orbital eccentricity: 0.23[17], 0.2351461[18], 0.2349275654431245[19]
- Absolute magnitude: 13.8[20], 13.92[21]
- Orbital inclination: 14.34165 degree[22], 14.34519591466978 degree[23]
- Orbital period: 3.87 years[24], 1413.156627318099 day[25]
- Rotation period: 12.5495 hour[26]
- Longitude of ascending node: 166.33033 degree[27], 166.0153992856253 degree[28]
- Semi-major axis of an orbit: 2.4629837 astronomical unit[29], 2.464494851027785 astronomical unit[30]
- Apoapsis: 3.042 astronomical unit[31], 3.043472626426858 astronomical unit[32]
- Periapsis: 1.8838226 astronomical unit[33], 1.885517075628712 astronomical unit[34]
- Argument of periapsis: 107.39544 degree[35], 108.2261906277622 degree[36]
- Mean anomaly: 246.01267 degree[37], 238.7647173406271 degree[38]
- Diameter: 5.194 km[39]
- Albedo: 0.261[40]
- Epoch: November 21, 2025[41]
- Time of periapsis: 2461476.4012309858 Julian day[42]
Why It Matters
5342 Le Poole is known by 13 alternative names across languages and contexts.[43]