5748 Davebrin

Davebrin
Discovery and designation
Discovered by Helin, E. F.
Discovery site Palomar
Discovery date February 19, 1991
Designations
MPC designation 5748
Named after
 David Brin
1991 DX
Orbital characteristics
Epoch May 14, 2008
Aphelion 2.9384510
Perihelion 2.1781256
Eccentricity 0.1486004
1494.5920057
129.19393
Inclination 12.93136
176.61720
263.67291
Physical characteristics
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.

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