(6058) Carlnielsen
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Asteroid (6058) Carlnielsen |
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| Properties of the orbit ( animation ) | |
| Orbit type | Inner main belt |
| Major semi-axis | 2.2300 AU |
| eccentricity | 0.1703 |
| Perihelion - aphelion | 1.8502 AU - 2.6097 AU |
| Inclination of the orbit plane | 4.5950 ° |
| Length of the ascending node | 265.7347 ° |
| Argument of the periapsis | 53.4238 ° |
| Time of passage of the perihelion | January 10, 2018 |
| Sidereal period | 3.33 a |
| Physical Properties | |
| Medium diameter | 5.119 ± 0.036 km |
| Albedo | 0.227 ± 0.020 |
| Absolute brightness | 13.6 mag |
| history | |
| Explorer |
E. Helin S. J. Bus |
| Date of discovery | November 7, 1978 |
| Another name | 1978 VL 5 , 1974 OM, 1981 UF 13 |
| 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. | |
(6058) Carl Nielsen is an asteroid of the main belt , which from the November 7, 1978 American US astronomer Eleanor Helin and scolding John bus at the Palomar Observatory ( IAU code 675) northeast of San Diego in California was discovered.
The asteroid was named on August 18, 2016 after the Danish composer and conductor Carl Nielsen (1865–1931), who was best known for his symphonies.
See also
Web links
- Asteroid Carlnielsen: Discovery Circumstances according to the Minor Planet Center of the International Astronomical Union at the Harvard-Smithsonian Center for Astrophysics, Cambridge, USA
- Asteroid Carlnielsen in the Small-Body Database of NASA's Jet Propulsion Laboratory at the California Institute of Technology, Pasadena, USA
- (6058) Carlnielsen in the database of the "Asteroids - Dynamic Site" (AstDyS-2, English).