(6581) Sobers
Asteroid (6581) Sobers |
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Properties of the orbit ( animation ) | |
Orbit type | Main belt asteroid |
Major semi-axis | 2.2992 AU |
eccentricity | 0.1186 |
Perihelion - aphelion | 2.0264 AU - 2.5720 AU |
Inclination of the orbit plane | 6.0078 ° |
Sidereal period | 3.49 a |
Mean orbital velocity | 19.64 km / s |
Physical Properties | |
Absolute brightness | 13.6 mag |
history | |
Explorer | Antonin Mrkos |
Date of discovery | September 22, 1981 |
Another name | 1981 SO, 1990 EL 5 |
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. |
(6581) Sobers is an asteroid of the main belt . It was discovered on September 22, 1981 by the Czech astronomer Antonín Mrkos at the Kleť Observatory ( IAU code 046) near Český Krumlov .
The asteroid was named after the former Barbados cricketer Garfield Sobers (* 1936) , who played for the West Indies team and was voted one of the top five cricketers of the 20th century in 2000.
See also
Web links
- Asteroid Sobers: Discovery Circumstances according to the Minor Planet Center of the International Astronomical Union at the Harvard-Smithsonian Center for Astrophysics, Cambridge, USA
- Asteroid Sobers in the Small-Body Database of NASA's Jet Propulsion Laboratory at the California Institute of Technology, Pasadena, USA
- (6581) Sobers in the database of the "Asteroids - Dynamic Site" (AstDyS-2, English).