5900 Jensen
| Discovery | |
|---|---|
| Discovered by | P. Jensen |
| Discovery site | Brorfelde Obs. |
| Discovery date | 3 October 1986 |
| Designations | |
| (5900) Jensen | |
Named after | Paul and Bodil Jensen (discoverer and wife) |
| 1986 TL · 1930 UT 1969 PD | |
| main-belt · (outer) Lixiaohua | |
| Orbital characteristics | |
| Epoch 4 September 2017 (JD 2458000.5) | |
| Uncertainty parameter 0 | |
| Observation arc | 86.46 yr (31,578 days) |
| Aphelion | 3.8235 AU |
| Perihelion | 2.4821 AU |
| 3.1528 AU | |
| Eccentricity | 0.2127 |
| 5.60 yr (2,045 days) | |
| 222.85° | |
| 0° 10m 33.96s / day | |
| Inclination | 9.0509° |
| 302.09° | |
| 35.061° | |
| Physical characteristics | |
| Dimensions | 19.934±0.195 km |
| 0.030±0.014 | |
| 12.2 | |
5900 Jensen, provisional designation 1986 TL, is a dark Lixiaohua asteroid from the outer regions of the asteroid belt, approximately 19 kilometers in diameter. It was discovered on 3 October 1986, by Danish astronomer Poul Jensen at the Brorfelde Observatory in Denmark. The asteroid was named for the discoverer and his wife Bodil Jensen.