(6546) Kaye
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Asteroid (6546) Kaye |
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| Properties of the orbit ( animation ) | |
| Orbit type | Main belt asteroid |
| Asteroid family | Ursula family |
| Major semi-axis | 3.2224 AU |
| eccentricity | 0.1054 |
| Perihelion - aphelion | 2.8828 AU - 3.5620 AU |
| Inclination of the orbit plane | 14.4267 ° |
| Sidereal period | 5.78 a |
| Mean orbital velocity | 16.59 km / s |
| Physical Properties | |
| Medium diameter | approx. 22 km |
| Absolute brightness | 11.8 mag |
| history | |
| Explorer | Antonin Mrkos |
| Date of discovery | February 24, 1987 |
| Another name | 1987 DY 4 , 1978 RF 2 , 1991 XM 1 |
| 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. | |
(6546) Kaye is an asteroid of the main belt that was discovered on February 24, 1987 by the Czech astronomer Antonín Mrkos at the Kleť Observatory ( IAU code 046) near Český Krumlov .
The asteroid was named after the American actor , comedian and singer Danny Kaye (1911-1987), who was one of America's most popular comedians for many years and from 1954 for many years as an ambassador for the United Nations Children's Fund ( UNICEF ) .
See also
Web links
- Asteroid Kaye: Discovery Circumstances according to the Minor Planet Center of the International Astronomical Union at the Harvard-Smithsonian Center for Astrophysics, Cambridge, USA
- Asteroid Kaye in the Small-Body Database of NASA's Jet Propulsion Laboratory at the California Institute of Technology, Pasadena, USA
- (6546) Kaye in the database of the "Asteroids - Dynamic Site" (AstDyS-2, English).