(6572) Carson
Asteroid (6572) Carson |
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Properties of the orbit ( animation ) | |
Orbit type | Main belt asteroid |
Major semi-axis | 2.5437 AU |
eccentricity | 0.2657 |
Perihelion - aphelion | 1.8678 AU - 3.2195 AU |
Inclination of the orbit plane | 2.6030 ° |
Sidereal period | 4,057 a |
Mean orbital velocity | 18.68 km / s |
Physical Properties | |
Medium diameter | approx. 8 km |
Albedo | ? |
Rotation period | ? |
Absolute brightness | 12.6 mag |
Spectral class | ? |
history | |
Explorer | Yrjö Väisälä |
Date of discovery | September 22, 1938 |
Another name | 1938 SX, 1942 TG, 1950 RA 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. |
(6572) Carson is an asteroid of the main belt , which on 22 September 1938 by the Finnish astronomer Yrjö Väisälä at Turku was discovered.
The asteroid was named at the suggestion of GCL Aikman on May 3, 1996 after the biologist Rachel Carson (1907–1964).