5020 Asimov
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5020 Asimov is an asteroid discovered March 2, 1981 by Schelte J. Bus. It is named after Isaac Asimov, the prolific American science fiction author.
The asteroid is located on average 322,225,116 Km (or about 15 light mins.) away from the sun. However, due to its eliptic orbit, (a feature shared by almost all astronomical features,) it can vary between 253,598,529 Km and 390,854,694 Km. Regardless of whether it is nearer or farther from the sun, however, it stays between the orbits of Mars and Jupiter, in an area commonly known as the asteroid belt. This loop around the sun takes 1154.65 days, or slightly less than 4 years. Its orbit moves above and below the solar plane (the imaginary flat extension of the sun's equator outwards) by 1.098 degrees, as opposed to Earth's 0.00005 degrees. On average, the asteroid has an apparent magnitude of 9.4, which means to see it, you would need to use a decent set of binoculars.
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