Discovered by C. S. Shoemaker MPC designation 5899 Jedicke Observation arc 13894 days (38.04 yr) Absolute magnitude 14.1 | Discovery date 9 January 1986 Minor planet category main-belt (inner) Discovered 9 January 1986 Orbits Sun Asteroid group Asteroid belt | |
Alternative names 1986 AH; 1978 EW31986 AR1 Discoverers Carolyn S. Shoemaker, Eugene Merle Shoemaker Similar Asteroid belt, Solar System, 5381 Sekhmet, 3671 Dionysus, Sun | ||
5899 Jedicke (1986 AH) is an inner main-belt binary asteroid discovered on January 9, 1986 by C. S. Shoemaker at Palomar. A moon of it was discovered in 2010, separated by 4.4 km.
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