(6556) Arcimboldo Main-belt Asteroid
Discovered on 29 December 1989 by A. Mrkos at Klet.
Giuseppe Arcimboldo (1527?--1593) was an Italian Mannerist painter whose grotesque, almost surrealist compositions of fruits, vegetables and other objects were arranged to resemble human portraits. He became a favorite court painter of the Hapsburg emperor Rudolph II in Prague. The name was suggested by J. Ticha.Naming citation (20010509/MPCPages.arc), IAU / Minor Planet Center, via NASA/JPL
Where Arcimboldo is today
Seen from above the solar system on 2026-10-14: Arcimboldo is 2.45 au from the Sun and 3.41 au from Earth. Computed from JPL's orbital elements.
Facts
| Number | 6556 |
| Provisional designation | 1989 YS6 |
| Orbit class | Main-belt Asteroid |
| Diameter | 5.00 km (#10,621 largest of 17,440 named asteroids with a measured size) |
| Albedo | 0.308 |
| Rotation period | 2.52 hours |
| Absolute magnitude (H) | 13.66 |
| Orbital period | 3.26 years |
| Semi-major axis | 2.20 au |
| Perihelion – aphelion | 1.91 – 2.49 au |
| Eccentricity | 0.133 |
| Inclination | 4.99° |
| Closest distance between its orbit and Earth's (MOID) | 0.919 au |
Data: NASA/JPL Small-Body Database and the IAU Minor Planet Center.
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