(6539) Nohavica Main-belt Asteroid

Discovered on 19 August 1982 by Z. Vavrova at Klet.

Named in honor of Jaromír Nohavica (b. 1945), Czech singer, poet and composer.Naming citation (19981208/MPCPages.arc), IAU / Minor Planet Center, via NASA/JPL

Where Nohavica is today

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Seen from above the solar system on 2026-10-14: Nohavica is 2.60 au from the Sun and 1.94 au from Earth. Computed from JPL's orbital elements.

Facts

Number6539
Provisional designation1982 QG
Orbit classMain-belt Asteroid
Diameter8.64 km (#6,030 largest of 17,440 named asteroids with a measured size)
Albedo0.0780
Rotation period5.80 hours
Absolute magnitude (H)14.23
Orbital period4.34 years
Semi-major axis2.66 au
Perihelion – aphelion2.12 – 3.19 au
Eccentricity0.201
Inclination2.27°
Closest distance between its orbit and Earth's (MOID)1.11 au

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

Also named after someone called Jaromir

Also discovered on 19 August 1982

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