(5800) Pollock

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Asteroid
(5800) Pollock
Properties of the orbit ( animation )
Epoch:  January 13, 2016 ( JD 2,457,400.5)
Orbit type Main outer belt asteroid
Major semi-axis 3.0972  AU
eccentricity 0.1710
Perihelion - aphelion 2.5677 AU - 3.6268 AU
Inclination of the orbit plane 2.9807 °
Length of the ascending node 112.9654 °
Argument of the periapsis 251.4374 °
Time of passage of the perihelion March 6, 2015
Sidereal period 5.45 a
Mean orbital velocity 16.94 km / s
Physical Properties
Absolute brightness 13.0 likes
history
Explorer Antonin Mrkos
Date of discovery October 16, 1982
Another name 1982 UV 1 , 1971 SA 2
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(5800) Pollock is an asteroid of the main outer belt , which was discovered on October 16, 1982 by the Czech astronomer Antonín Mrkos at the Kle Observ Observatory ( IAU code 046) near Český Krumlov . An unconfirmed sighting of the asteroid (1971 SA 2 ) had already taken place in 1971 at the Crimean Observatory in Nautschnyj .

(5800) Pollock belongs to the Themis family, a group of asteroids named after (24) Themis .

The asteroid is named after Jackson Pollock , an American Abstract Expressionist painter from the New York School . The designation was made on the proposal of the Czech astronomer Jana Tichá by the International Astronomical Union (IAU) on November 11, 2000.

Web links

Individual evidence

  1. Entry of the asteroid on the website of the Kleť Observatory (English)