| Minorplanet: | yes |
| Background: |
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| Zeus | |
| Discoverer: | C. S. Shoemaker |
| Discovery Site: | Palomar Observatory |
| Discovered: | 4 November 1988 |
| Mpc Name: | (5731) Zeus |
| Alt Names: | 1988 VP4 |
| Pronounced: | [1] |
| Named After: | Zeus |
| Orbit Ref: | [2] |
| Epoch: | 13 January 2016 (JD 2457400.5) |
| Observation Arc: | 9972 days (27.30 yr) |
| Uncertainty: | 0 |
| Aphelion: | 3.74236909731468abbr=onNaNabbr=on |
| Perihelion: | 0.783556996423279AU |
| Semimajor: | 2.262963046869AU |
| Eccentricity: | 0.6537473302944990 |
| Period: | 3.40 yr (1243.4 d) |
| Inclination: | 11.42805771205560° |
| Asc Node: | 281.6911159636840° |
| Mean Motion: | / day |
| Mean Anomaly: | 322.1440564184060° |
| Arg Peri: | 217.0194868226350° |
| Moid: | 0.0717527AU |
| Abs Magnitude: | 15.6 |
5731 Zeus is an Apollo asteroid and near-Earth object discovered on 4 November 1988, by Carolyn Shoemaker at Palomar Observatory. Based on its observed brightness and assumed albedo it is estimated to have a diameter between 2.1 and 4.7 km.[3]