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5736 Sanford

asteroid
Place asteroid Q1081399

Facts

25 properties

Identity

Instance of
asteroid
More facts +24
Follows
5735 Loripaul[3]
Followed by
5737 Itoh[4]
Absolute magnitude
+13.9, +13.93[13][14]
Albedo
+0.25[33]
Apoapsis
+3.031, +3.032402023468867[24][25]
Argument of periapsis
+91.05069, +90.99686539779157[28][29]
Diameter
+5.06[32]
Discoverer or inventor
Eleanor F. Helin[1]
Epoch
November 21, 2025[34]
Longitude of ascending node
+223.76384, +223.7287096367638[20][21]
Mean anomaly
+26.92531, +313.0000755241942[30][31]
Minor planet group
asteroid belt[5]
Orbital eccentricity
0.28 (0.28–0.28, n=3)[10][11][12]
Orbital inclination
+21.59171, +21.59781598025991[15][16]
Orbital period
+3.66, +1337.169337526722[17][18]
Parent astronomical body
Sun[6]
Periapsis
+1.7203505, +1.718272938216475[26][27]
Provisional designation
1989 LW[7]
Rotation period
+3.1846[19]
Semi-major axis of an orbit
+2.3758209, +2.375337480842671[22][23]
Significant event
naming[9]
Site of astronomical discovery
Palomar Observatory[2]
Time of discovery or invention
June 6, 1989[8]
Time of periapsis
+2461175.074605209[35]
🏷️ Also known as
en 5736 Sanford en (5736) Sanford en Sanford de Sanford es Sanford fa سیارک 5736 fa سیارک ۵۷۳۶ fr Sanford ja 5736 サンフォード ja サンフォード pt Sanford ru 1989 LW ru (5736) 1989 LW ru Sanford uk 5736 Sanford uk 5736 Сенфорд zh 小行星5736
🔖 Identifiers · 3
Freebase ID
/m/03yg3xk
JPL Small-Body Database SPK-ID
20005736
Minor Planet Center body ID
5736

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🔗 Connections
Discoverer or inventor 1
Eleanor F. Helin
Epoch 1
November 21, 2025
Followed by 1
5737 Itoh
Followed by (predecessor) 1
5737 Itoh
Follows 1
5735 Loripaul
Instance of 1
asteroid
Minor planet group 1
asteroid belt
Parent astronomical body 1
Sun
Preceded by (successor) 1
5735 Loripaul
Site of astronomical discovery 1
Palomar Observatory
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  1. [1] ↑ . Minor Planet Center database. Retrieved . ssd.jpl.nasa.gov. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  2. [2] ↑ . JPL Small-Body Database. Retrieved . ssd.jpl.nasa.gov. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  3. [3] ↑ . Minor Planet Center database. wikidata.org.
  4. [4] ↑ . Minor Planet Center database. wikidata.org.
  5. [5] ↑ . JPL Small-Body Database. Retrieved . ssd.jpl.nasa.gov. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  6. [6] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  7. [7] ↑ . JPL Small-Body Database. Retrieved . ssd.jpl.nasa.gov. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  8. [8] ↑ . JPL Small-Body Database. Retrieved . ssd.jpl.nasa.gov. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  9. [9] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  10. [10] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  11. [11] ↑ . minorplanetcenter.net. minorplanetcenter.net. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  12. [12] ↑ . JPL Small-Body Database. Retrieved . ssd.jpl.nasa.gov. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  13. [13] ↑ . minorplanetcenter.net. minorplanetcenter.net. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  14. [14] ↑ . JPL Small-Body Database. Retrieved . ssd.jpl.nasa.gov. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  15. [15] ↑ . minorplanetcenter.net. minorplanetcenter.net. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  16. [16] ↑ . JPL Small-Body Database. Retrieved . ssd.jpl.nasa.gov. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  17. [17] ↑ . minorplanetcenter.net. minorplanetcenter.net. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  18. [18] ↑ . JPL Small-Body Database. Retrieved . ssd.jpl.nasa.gov. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  19. [19] ↑ . JPL Small-Body Database. Retrieved . ssd.jpl.nasa.gov. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  20. [20] ↑ . minorplanetcenter.net. minorplanetcenter.net. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  21. [21] ↑ . JPL Small-Body Database. Retrieved . ssd.jpl.nasa.gov. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  22. [22] ↑ . minorplanetcenter.net. minorplanetcenter.net. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  23. [23] ↑ . JPL Small-Body Database. Retrieved . ssd.jpl.nasa.gov. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  24. [24] ↑ . minorplanetcenter.net. minorplanetcenter.net. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  25. [25] ↑ . JPL Small-Body Database. Retrieved . ssd.jpl.nasa.gov. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  26. [26] ↑ . minorplanetcenter.net. minorplanetcenter.net. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  27. [27] ↑ . JPL Small-Body Database. Retrieved . ssd.jpl.nasa.gov. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  28. [28] ↑ . minorplanetcenter.net. minorplanetcenter.net. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  29. [29] ↑ . JPL Small-Body Database. Retrieved . ssd.jpl.nasa.gov. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  30. [30] ↑ . minorplanetcenter.net. minorplanetcenter.net. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  31. [31] ↑ . JPL Small-Body Database. Retrieved . ssd.jpl.nasa.gov. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  32. [32] ↑ . JPL Small-Body Database. Retrieved . ssd.jpl.nasa.gov. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  33. [33] ↑ . JPL Small-Body Database. Retrieved . ssd.jpl.nasa.gov. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  34. [34] ↑ . JPL Small-Body Database. Retrieved . ssd.jpl.nasa.gov. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  35. [35] ↑ . JPL Small-Body Database. Retrieved . ssd.jpl.nasa.gov. Provenance: wikidata.org.

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  1. 5d ago · AbzalM · 2026-10-31 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Periapsis → {'unit': 'Q1811', 'amount': '+1.7203505'}, {'unit': 'Q1811', 'amount': '+1.718272938216475'}
    Orbital period → {'unit': 'Q577', 'amount': '+3.66'}, {'unit': 'Q573', 'amount': '+1337.169337526722'}
    Wikipedia languages → ['arz', 'ce', 'en', 'eo', 'es', 'fa', 'fi', 'fr', 'hu', 'hy', 'it', 'kaa', 'la',
    Rotation period → {'unit': 'Q25235', 'amount': '+3.1846'}
    + 25 other properties edited (see Wikidata diff for full list)
    "/* wbeditentity-update-languages-and-other-short:0||kaa */ kaawiki sitelink"
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