(6001) Thales
Asteroid (6001) Thales |
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Properties of the orbit ( animation ) | |
Orbit type | Main belt |
Asteroid family | Koronis family |
Major semi-axis | 2.8551 AU |
eccentricity | 0.0546 |
Perihelion - aphelion | 2.6993 AU - 3.0109 AU |
Inclination of the orbit plane | 3.0045 ° |
Length of the ascending node | 129.6911 ° |
Argument of the periapsis | 178.7565 ° |
Sidereal period | 4.82 a |
Mean orbital velocity | 17.62 km / s |
Physical Properties | |
Absolute brightness | 12.7 mag |
history | |
Explorer | Eric Walter Elst |
Date of discovery | February 11, 1988 |
Another name | 1988 CP 2 , 1976 SR 8 , 1991 VZ 4 |
Source: Unless otherwise stated, the data comes from JPL Small-Body Database Browser . The affiliation to an asteroid family is automatically determined from the AstDyS-2 database . Please also note the note on asteroid items. |
(6001) Thales is an asteroid of the asteroid belt that was discovered on February 11, 1988 by the Belgian astronomer Eric Walter Elst at the La Silla Observatory ( IAU code 809) of the European Southern Observatory in Chile .
The asteroid was named after the Greek philosopher Thales of Miletus .
See also
Web links
- Asteroid Thales: Discovery Circumstances according to the Minor Planet Center of the International Astronomical Union at the Harvard-Smithsonian Center for Astrophysics, Cambridge, USA
- Asteroid Thales in the Small-Body Database of NASA's Jet Propulsion Laboratory at the California Institute of Technology, Pasadena, USA
- (6001) Thales in the database of the "Asteroids - Dynamic Site" (AstDyS-2, English).