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5381 Sekhmet

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. 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. In 2065 Sekhmet has no permanent settlements, due to it’s mostly useless orbit. It hurtles at a near vertical incline part Earth and Venus making orbit insertion in both cases nigh impossible. There are the usual scientific probes and investment packages that’l probably be there centuries from now gathering dust. There are no plans for anyone going there on the horizon. The asteroid is not especially valuable compared to other S asteroids.