Key facts
- Category
- Asteroids
- Object class
- S-type main-belt asteroid
- Scale fact
- 6.6 kmmaximum extent
- Composition
- Silicate (stony) rock
5535 Annefrank
6.6 kmmaximum extent
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Annefrank is a small, stony S-type asteroid in the inner main belt and a member of the Flora family. NASA’s Stardust spacecraft flew past it in 2002 as a rehearsal on the way to comet Wild 2, returning the first close-up images of this triangular, cratered little world.
Stardust passed Annefrank from about 3,078 kilometers on 2 November 2002 as a full rehearsal for its Wild 2 encounter. The spacecraft executed the planned flyby sequence and returned 72 images, revealing an irregular body about twice the expected size, because its surface is darker than had been assumed. The flyby also validated procedures later used to collect comet dust.
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- 5535 Annefrank on Wikipedia
Size neighbors
Objects near 5535 Annefrank on the scale
On the logarithmic size axis, 5535 Annefrank falls between 67P/Churyumov–Gerasimenko and 2867 Šteins. The band uses nearby S-type main-belt asteroid records.
Shared physical scale
45.7km
Sources
References for 5535 Annefrank
Measurements and descriptive context are compiled by the Scale of Space team from the references below. If you find an error, please let us know.
- 5535 Annefrank — Wikipedia
- Visual reference: Wikimedia Commons (Stardust 2002 / NASA / JPL / Stardust, Public domain)
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