(6019) Telford Main-belt Asteroid
Discovered on 3 September 1991 by R. H. McNaught at Siding Spring.
Thomas Telford (1757-1834) was a Scottish civil engineer and famed builder of roads, canals, bridges, tunnels and harbors. The Ellesmere and Caledonian canals are amongst his most famous. His recommendations on, and subsequent building of, roads in northern Scotland reversed the declines following the Highland Clearances.Naming citation (MPC batch dated 2014-08-10), IAU / Minor Planet Center, via NASA/JPL
Where Telford is today
Seen from above the solar system on 2026-10-14: Telford is 3.08 au from the Sun and 3.88 au from Earth. Computed from JPL's orbital elements.
Facts
| Number | 6019 |
| Provisional designation | 1991 RO6 |
| Orbit class | Main-belt Asteroid |
| Diameter | 16.0 km (#2,896 largest of 17,440 named asteroids with a measured size) |
| Albedo | 0.174 |
| Rotation period | 5.76 hours |
| Absolute magnitude (H) | 11.81 |
| Orbital period | 5.22 years |
| Semi-major axis | 3.01 au |
| Perihelion – aphelion | 2.89 – 3.13 au |
| Eccentricity | 0.0397 |
| Inclination | 8.59° |
| Closest distance between its orbit and Earth's (MOID) | 1.90 au |
Data: NASA/JPL Small-Body Database and the IAU Minor Planet Center.
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