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Discovery and designation
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| Discovered by | Cornelis Johannes van Houten, Ingrid van Houten-Groeneveld and Tom Gehrels |
| Discovery site | Palomar Observatory |
| Discovery date | September 29, 1973 |
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Designations
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| MPC designation | 5791 |
| Alternate name(s) | 4053 T-2 |
| Epoch May 14, 2008 | |
| Ap | 2.9512570 |
| Peri | 2.8219268 |
| Eccentricity | 0.0224019 |
| Orbital period | 1791.3337958 |
| Mean anomaly | 293.37775 |
| Inclination | 2.82548 |
| Longitude of ascending node | 139.90337 |
| Argument of peri | 314.40521 |
| Absolute magnitude (H) | 12.7 |
5791 Comello (4053 T-2) is a main-belt asteroid discovered on September 29, 1973 by Cornelis Johannes van Houten, Ingrid van Houten-Groeneveld and Tom Gehrels at Palomar Observatory.
Named after Georg Comello, Dutch amateur astronomer.
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