(6056) Donatello

Asteroid (6056) Donatello
Properties of the orbit ( animation ) Epoch: March 23, 2018 ( JD 2,458,200.5)
Orbit type	Middle main belt asteroid
Major semi-axis	2.7159 AU
eccentricity	0.2215
Perihelion - aphelion	2.1144 AU - 3.3174 AU
Inclination of the orbit plane	3.1766 °
Length of the ascending node	224.0791 °
Argument of the periapsis	11.5902 °
Sidereal period	4.48 a
Mean orbital velocity	18.08 km / s
Physical Properties
Medium diameter	12.390 (± 0.203) km
Albedo	0.050 (± 0.007)
Absolute brightness	13.6 mag
history
Explorer	Cornelis Johannes van Houten , Ingrid van Houten-Groeneveld , Tom Gehrels
Date of discovery	October 16, 1977
Another name	2318 T-3 , 1982 VZ ₃ , 1989 GV ₄
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(6056) Donatello is an asteroid of the central main belt that was discovered on October 16, 1977 by the Dutch astronomer couple Cornelis Johannes van Houten and Ingrid van Houten-Groeneveld . The discovery took place during the 3rd Trojan survey, during which Tom Gehrels surveyed field plates recorded by the 120 cm Oschin Schmidt telescope of the Palomar observatory at the University of Leiden , 17 years after the start of the Palomar-Leiden- Surveys .

The asteroid was named on March 5, 1996 after Donato di Niccolò di Betto Bardi, known as Donatello , a sculptor who, along with Luca della Robbia and Lorenzo Ghiberti, was one of the founders of the early Renaissance in Florence . The asteroid of the outer main belt (6057) Robbia is named after Luca della Robbia, the asteroid of the inner main belt (6054) Ghiberti after Lorenzo Ghiberti .

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