(6001) Thales Main-belt Asteroid
Discovered on 11 February 1988 by E. W. Elst at La Silla.
Where Thales is today
Seen from above the solar system on 2026-10-14: Thales is 3.00 au from the Sun and 3.45 au from Earth. Computed from JPL's orbital elements.
Facts
| Number | 6001 |
| Provisional designation | 1988 CP2 |
| Orbit class | Main-belt Asteroid |
| Diameter | 8.57 km (#6,094 largest of 17,440 named asteroids with a measured size) |
| Albedo | 0.219 |
| Rotation period | 133 hours |
| Absolute magnitude (H) | 12.77 |
| Orbital period | 4.83 years |
| Semi-major axis | 2.86 au |
| Perihelion – aphelion | 2.71 – 3.00 au |
| Eccentricity | 0.0504 |
| Inclination | 3.01° |
| Closest distance between its orbit and Earth's (MOID) | 1.70 au |
Data: NASA/JPL Small-Body Database and the IAU Minor Planet Center.
Also discovered on 11 February 1988
- (4344) Buxtehude
- (4345) Rachmaninoff
- (4825) Ventura
- (5204) Herakleitos
- (5205) Servian
- (6186) Zenon
- (6294) Czerny
- (6295) Schmoll
- (7012) Hobbes
- (9569) Quintenmatsijs
- (9839) Crabbegat
- (10057) L'Obel