(5971) Tickell Main-belt Asteroid
Discovered on 12 July 1991 by H. E. Holt at Palomar.
British diplomat Crispin Tickell (b. 1930), ambassador to Mexico (1981-1983) and to the U.N. (1987-1990), chaired the board of the Climate Institute of Washington (1990-2002) and the Government Panel on Sustainable Development (1994-2000). He also served on the U.K. government's Task Force on Near-Earth Objects.Naming citation (20060413/MPCPages.arc), IAU / Minor Planet Center, via NASA/JPL
Where Tickell is today
Seen from above the solar system on 2026-10-14: Tickell is 3.02 au from the Sun and 3.02 au from Earth. Computed from JPL's orbital elements.
Facts
| Number | 5971 |
| Provisional designation | 1991 NT2 |
| Orbit class | Main-belt Asteroid |
| Diameter | 8.72 km (#5,980 largest of 17,440 named asteroids with a measured size) |
| Albedo | 0.368 |
| Rotation period | 3.00 hours |
| Absolute magnitude (H) | 12.53 |
| Orbital period | 4.19 years |
| Semi-major axis | 2.60 au |
| Perihelion – aphelion | 2.17 – 3.03 au |
| Eccentricity | 0.165 |
| Inclination | 12.3° |
| Closest distance between its orbit and Earth's (MOID) | 1.16 au |
Data: NASA/JPL Small-Body Database and the IAU Minor Planet Center.