(6257) Thorvaldsen Main-belt Asteroid
Discovered on 26 March 1971 by van Houten, C. J., van Houten-Groeneveld, I., Gehrels, T. at Palomar.
Where Thorvaldsen is today
Seen from above the solar system on 2026-10-14: Thorvaldsen is 2.22 au from the Sun and 1.42 au from Earth. Computed from JPL's orbital elements.
Facts
| Number | 6257 |
| Provisional designation | 4098 T-1 |
| Orbit class | Main-belt Asteroid |
| Diameter | 4.28 km (#12,102 largest of 17,440 named asteroids with a measured size) |
| Albedo | 0.384 |
| Rotation period | 82.7 hours |
| Absolute magnitude (H) | 13.97 |
| Orbital period | 3.58 years |
| Semi-major axis | 2.34 au |
| Perihelion – aphelion | 2.13 – 2.55 au |
| Eccentricity | 0.0896 |
| Inclination | 7.91° |
| Closest distance between its orbit and Earth's (MOID) | 1.14 au |
Data: NASA/JPL Small-Body Database and the IAU Minor Planet Center.
Also discovered on 26 March 1971
- (5195) Kaendler
- (5491) Kaulbach
- (5492) Thoma
- (5698) Nolde
- (6202) Georgemiley
- (6351) Neumann
- (6429) Brancusi
- (6674) Cezanne
- (6752) Ashley
- (7367) Giotto
- (7908) Zwingli
- (8057) Hofmannsthal
More named asteroids discovered by van Houten, C. J., van Houten-Groeneveld, I., Gehrels, T.
- (1743) Schmidt
- (1744) Harriet
- (1776) Kuiper
- (1777) Gehrels
- (1778) Alfven
- (1795) Woltjer
- (1808) Bellerophon
- (1809) Prometheus
- (1810) Epimetheus
- (1811) Bruwer
- (1812) Gilgamesh
- (1813) Imhotep
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