(6184) Nordlund Main-belt Asteroid
Discovered on 26 October 1987 by P. Jensen at Brorfelde.
Aake Nordlund has been a professor in astrophysics at the University of Copenhagen since 2004.Naming citation (20050407/MPCPages.arc), IAU / Minor Planet Center, via NASA/JPL
Where Nordlund is today
Seen from above the solar system on 2026-10-14: Nordlund is 2.13 au from the Sun and 1.20 au from Earth. Computed from JPL's orbital elements.
Facts
| Number | 6184 |
| Provisional designation | 1987 UQ3 |
| Orbit class | Main-belt Asteroid |
| Diameter | 4.72 km (#11,179 largest of 17,440 named asteroids with a measured size) |
| Albedo | 0.456 |
| Rotation period | 5.60 hours |
| Absolute magnitude (H) | 13.43 |
| Orbital period | 3.54 years |
| Semi-major axis | 2.32 au |
| Perihelion – aphelion | 2.03 – 2.61 au |
| Eccentricity | 0.124 |
| Inclination | 6.30° |
| Closest distance between its orbit and Earth's (MOID) | 1.04 au |
Data: NASA/JPL Small-Body Database and the IAU Minor Planet Center.
Also discovered on 26 October 1987
More named asteroids discovered by P. Jensen
- (3459) Bodil
- (3782) Celle
- (3796) Lene
- (3830) Trelleborg
- (3858) Dorchester
- (3864) Soren
- (3948) Bohr
- (3956) Caspar
- (3989) Odin
- (3990) Heimdal
- (4059) Balder
- (4088) Baggesen
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