| Minorplanet: | yes |
| 5381 Sekhmet | |
| Background: |
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| Discovery Ref: |   |
| Discovered: | 14 May 1991 |
| Mpc Name: | (5381) Sekhmet |
| Alt Names: | 1991 JY |
| Named After: | Sekhmet |
| Orbit Ref: |   |
| Epoch: | 27 June 2015 (JD 2457200.5) |
| Uncertainty: | 0 |
| Perihelion: | 0.6667 AU |
| Semimajor: | 0.9474 AU |
| Eccentricity: | 0.2962 |
| Period: | 0.92 yr (337 days) |
| Inclination: | 48.968° |
| Asc Node: | 58.546° |
| Arg Peri: | 37.429° |
| Moid: | 0.1123 AU |
| Abs Magnitude: | 16.6 |
5381 Sekhmet is an Aten asteroid whose orbit is sometimes closer to the Sun than the Earth's. Carolyn Shoemaker at Palomar Observatory discovered it on 14 May 1991. It is named after Sekhmet, the Egyptian goddess of war.
Sekhmet is believed to be an S-type asteroid, and some believe its diameter is approximately 1.4 km.
In December 2003, a team of astronomers at Arecibo Observatory announced that the asteroid may have a moon that measures 300 m in diameter and orbits approximately 1.5 km from Sekhmet. This moon is not yet confirmed.