5748 Davebrin

Davebrin
Discovery
Discovered by Helin, E. F.
Discovery site Palomar
Discovery date 19 February 1991
Designations
MPC designation 5748
Named after
David Brin
1991 DX
Orbital characteristics[1]
Epoch 13 January 2016 (JD 2457400.5)
Uncertainty parameter 0
Observation arc 12057 days (33.01 yr)
Aphelion 2.9369049 AU (439.35472 Gm)
Perihelion 2.1839480 AU (326.71397 Gm)
2.560426 AU (383.0343 Gm)
Eccentricity 0.1470374
4.10 yr (1496.5 d)
82.312893°
 14m 26.04s / day
Inclination 12.94898°
176.49791°
264.31469°
Earth MOID 1.24283 AU (185.925 Gm)
Jupiter MOID 2.40286 AU (359.463 Gm)
Jupiter Tisserand parameter 3.385
Physical characteristics
13.7

    5748 Davebrin (1991 DX) is a main-belt asteroid discovered on February 19, 1991, by Helin, E. F. at Palomar.

     Elinor "Glo" Helin, the master asteroid hunter of the 1980s and 1990s named this object after American astronomer and science fiction author David Brin.   "Davebrin" is cited as "davidbrin" in some documents.

    The asteroid orbits in the inner edge of the Main Belt in a fairly circular trajectory, at a somewhat large inclination of almost 13 degrees.

    David Brin persuaded Dr. Helin to name two other newly discovered asteroids after prominent science fiction authors: "poulanderson" after Poul Anderson and "fredpohl" after Frederik Pohl.

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