5748 Davebrin

Davebrin

Discovery
Discovered by	Helin, E. F.
Discovery site	Palomar
Discovery date	February 19, 1991
Designations
MPC designation	5748
Named after	David Brin
Alternative names	1991 DX
Orbital characteristics
Epoch May 14, 2008
Aphelion	2.9384510
Perihelion	2.1781256
Eccentricity	0.1486004
Orbital period	1494.5920057
Mean anomaly	129.19393
Inclination	12.93136
Longitude of ascending node	176.61720
Argument of perihelion	263.67291
Physical characteristics
Absolute magnitude (H)	13.0

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.

External links

• JPL Small-Body Database Browser on 5748 Davebrin