6257 Thorvaldsen
| Discovery | |
|---|---|
| Discovered by | Cornelis Johannes van Houten, Ingrid van Houten-Groeneveld and Tom Gehrels |
| Discovery site | Palomar Observatory |
| Discovery date | 26 March 1971 |
| Designations | |
| MPC designation | 6257 |
Named after | Bertel Thorvaldsen |
| 4098 T-1 | |
| Orbital characteristics[1] | |
| Epoch 13 January 2016 (JD 2457400.5) | |
| Uncertainty parameter 0 | |
| Observation arc | 16825 days (46.06 yr) |
| Aphelion | 2.5506300 AU (381.56882 Gm) |
| Perihelion | 2.1307007 AU (318.74829 Gm) |
| 2.340665 AU (350.1585 Gm) | |
| Eccentricity | 0.0897030 |
| 3.58 yr (1308.0 d) | |
| 307.75290° | |
| 0° 16m 30.827s / day | |
| Inclination | 7.915901° |
| 30.50439° | |
| 22.11428° | |
| Earth MOID | 1.14165 AU (170.788 Gm) |
| Jupiter MOID | 2.74618 AU (410.823 Gm) |
| Jupiter Tisserand parameter | 3.546 |
| Physical characteristics | |
| 13.7 | |
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6257 Thorvaldsen (4098 T-1) is a main-belt asteroid discovered on March 26, 1971 by Cornelis Johannes van Houten, Ingrid van Houten-Groeneveld and Tom Gehrels at Palomar Observatory. It is named after the Danish sculptor Bertel Thorvaldsen.[2]
References
- ↑ "6257 Thorvaldsen (4098 T-1)". JPL Small-Body Database. NASA/Jet Propulsion Laboratory. Retrieved 13 April 2016.
- ↑ Schmadel, Lutz D. (2003). Dictionary of minor planet names. Physics and astronomy online library. 1. Springer-Verlag. p. 521. ISBN 978-3-540-00238-3.
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