(6701) Warhol
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Asteroid (6701) Warhol |
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| Properties of the orbit ( animation ) | |
| Orbit type | Middle main belt asteroid |
| Major semi-axis | 2.5975 AU |
| eccentricity | 0.1450 |
| Perihelion - aphelion | 2.2209 AU - 2.9741 AU |
| Inclination of the orbit plane | 12.7527 ° |
| Length of the ascending node | 311.5108 ° |
| Argument of the periapsis | 37.6830 ° |
| Time of passage of the perihelion | 4th January 2016 |
| Sidereal period | 4.19 a |
| Mean orbital velocity | 18.47 km / s |
| Physical Properties | |
| Medium diameter | 8.938 (± 0.108) km |
| Albedo | 0.202 (± 0.023) |
| Absolute brightness | 12.4 mag |
| history | |
| Explorer | Antonin Mrkos |
| Date of discovery | January 14, 1988 |
| Another name | 1988 AW 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. | |
(6701) Warhol is an asteroid of the main middle belt , which was discovered on January 14, 1988 by the Czech astronomer Antonín Mrkos at the Kle Observ Observatory ( IAU code 046) near Český Krumlov .
The mean diameter of the asteroid was calculated to be 8.938 (± 0.108) kilometers and the albedo to be 0.202 (± 0.023).
According to the SMASS classification ( Small Main-Belt Asteroid Spectroscopic Survey ), a spectroscopic study by Gianluca Masi , Sergio Foglia and Richard P. Binzel at (6701) Warhol assumed a light surface, so it could, roughly speaking, be around trade an S asteroid .
The asteroid was named on November 23, 1999 after the American graphic artist and filmmaker Andy Warhol , who was the co-founder and most important American exponent of Pop Art . On April 24, 2012, an impact crater on the southern hemisphere of the planet Mercury was named after Andy Warhol: Mercury Crater Warhol .
Web links
- (6701) Warhol in the database of the "Asteroids - Dynamic Site" (AstDyS-2, English).
- (6701) Warhol in the Small-Body Database of the Jet Propulsion Laboratory of NASA at the California Institute of Technology (Caltech) in Pasadena , California (English)
Individual evidence
- ^ Gianluca Masi, Sergio Foglia, Richard P. Binzel: Search for Unusual Spectroscopic Candidates Among 40313 minor planets from the 3rd Release of the Sloan Digital Sky Survey Moving Object Catalog . (English)
- ↑ subdivision of asteroids to S-types, C-types and V-types (English)
- ↑ Entry of the asteroid on the website of the Kleť Observatory (English)
- ↑ The Mercury crater Warhol in the Gazetteer of Planetary Nomenclature of the IAU (WGPSN) / USGS (English)