Discovered by C. S. Shoemaker MPC designation 5731 Discovered 4 November 1988 Named after Zeus | Discovery date 4 November 1988 Alternative names 1988 VP4 Observation arc 9972 days (27.30 yr) Orbits Sun | |
Discoverers Carolyn S. Shoemaker, Eugene Merle Shoemaker Similar 3671 Dionysus, 399 Persephone, 4183 Cuno, Sun, 4544 Xanthus | ||
5731 Zeus (1988 VP4) is an Apollo asteroid and near-Earth object discovered on November 4, 1988 by Carolyn Shoemaker at Palomar Observatory. Based on its observed brightness and assumed albedo it is estimated to have a diameter between 2.1 and 4.7 km.
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