(8056) Tieck Main-belt Asteroid
Discovered on 24 September 1960 by van Houten, C. J., van Houten-Groeneveld, I., Gehrels, T. at Palomar.
Ludwig Tieck (1773-1853) was one of the great Romantic poets and writers. He became friends with Brentano, Fichte, Novalis, the brothers Grimm and many other poets of his time. He wrote the ironic fairy tales Ritter Blaubart, Der gestiefelte Kater and other sensitive and imaginative stories.Naming citation (19990402/MPCPages.arc), IAU / Minor Planet Center, via NASA/JPL
Where Tieck is today
Seen from above the solar system on 2026-10-14: Tieck is 2.04 au from the Sun and 1.33 au from Earth. Computed from JPL's orbital elements.
Facts
| Number | 8056 |
| Provisional designation | 6038 P-L |
| Orbit class | Main-belt Asteroid |
| Diameter | 4.72 km (#11,197 largest of 17,440 named asteroids with a measured size) |
| Albedo | 0.263 |
| Absolute magnitude (H) | 13.86 |
| Orbital period | 4.11 years |
| Semi-major axis | 2.56 au |
| Perihelion – aphelion | 2.04 – 3.09 au |
| Eccentricity | 0.206 |
| Inclination | 6.99° |
| Closest distance between its orbit and Earth's (MOID) | 1.06 au |
Data: NASA/JPL Small-Body Database and the IAU Minor Planet Center.
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- (243109) Hansludwig
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- (1777) Gehrels
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- (1810) Epimetheus
- (1811) Bruwer
- (1812) Gilgamesh
- (1846) Bengt
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