(5801) Vasarely

Asteroid (5801) Vasarely
Properties of the orbit ( animation ) Epoch: March 23, 2018 ( JD 2,458,200.5)
Orbit type	Inner main belt asteroid
Major semi-axis	2.3731 AU
eccentricity	0.1018
Perihelion - aphelion	2.1316 AU - 2.6165 AU
Inclination of the orbit plane	4.2428 °
Length of the ascending node	304.3218 °
Argument of the periapsis	81.6219 °
Time of passage of the perihelion	September 30, 2019
Sidereal period	3.66 a
Mean orbital velocity	19.34 km / s
Physical Properties
Medium diameter	12.510 (± 0.119) km
Albedo	0.052 (± 0.008)
Absolute brightness	13.6 mag
history
Explorer	Antonin Mrkos
Date of discovery	October 16, 1982
Another name	1984 BK , 1973 AF ₂ , 1979 VE ₂ , 1986 RS ₁₀ , 1986 VV ₈
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(5801) Vasarely is an asteroid of the main inner 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 . Unconfirmed sightings of the asteroid had already occurred on January 1, 1973 (1973 AF ₂ ) and November 14, 1979 (1979 VE ₂ ) at the Crimean Observatory in Nautschnyj .

The mean diameter of the asteroid is calculated to be around 12.5 kilometers. With an albedo of 0.052 (± 0.008) it has a very dark surface.

(5801) Vasarely is named after the French - Hungarian painter and graphic artist Victor Vasarely . Vasarely is one of the co-founders of the artistic direction Op Art . 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

(5801) Vasarely in the database of the "Asteroids - Dynamic Site" (AstDyS-2, English).
(5801) Vasarely in the Small-Body Database of the Jet Propulsion Laboratory of NASA at the California Institute of Technology (Caltech) in Pasadena , California (English)