(606701) Golda Main-belt Asteroid

Discovered on 31 August 2013 by M. Żołnowski M. Kusiak at Tincana.

Zdzisław A. Golda (b. 1953) is an Associate Professor in the Department of Relativistic Astrophysics and Cosmology at the Astronomical Observatory of the Jagiellonian University in Cracow, Poland. His scientific activities include computer algebra systems with applications to astrophysics and cosmology, and dynamical systems in cosmology.Naming citation (WGSBN Bull. 1, #13, 11), IAU / Minor Planet Center, via NASA/JPL

Where Golda is today

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Seen from above the solar system on 2026-10-14: Golda is 3.41 au from the Sun and 4.38 au from Earth. Computed from JPL's orbital elements.

Facts

Number606701
Provisional designation2018 SA16
Orbit classMain-belt Asteroid
Absolute magnitude (H)17.07
Orbital period5.04 years
Semi-major axis2.94 au
Perihelion – aphelion2.33 – 3.55 au
Eccentricity0.207
Inclination4.72°
Closest distance between its orbit and Earth's (MOID)1.32 au

Data: NASA/JPL Small-Body Database and the IAU Minor Planet Center.

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