(6113) Tsap Main-belt Asteroid
Discovered on 16 September 1982 by L. I. Chernykh at Nauchnyj.
Teodor Teodorovich Tsap (b. 1930) and his son Yurij Teodorovich Tsap (b. 1966) are astronomers at the Crimean Astrophysical Observatory. They have made a significant contribution to observations and theory of various solar phenomena. Teodor Tsap, with coauthors, discovered oscillations in the sun with a period of 160 min.Naming citation (20041126/MPCPages.arc), IAU / Minor Planet Center, via NASA/JPL
Where Tsap is today
Seen from above the solar system on 2026-10-14: Tsap is 2.86 au from the Sun and 2.39 au from Earth. Computed from JPL's orbital elements.
Facts
| Number | 6113 |
| Provisional designation | 1982 SX5 |
| Orbit class | Main-belt Asteroid |
| Diameter | 13.2 km (#3,640 largest of 17,440 named asteroids with a measured size) |
| Albedo | 0.0920 |
| Absolute magnitude (H) | 13.4 |
| Orbital period | 4.32 years |
| Semi-major axis | 2.65 au |
| Perihelion – aphelion | 2.13 – 3.18 au |
| Eccentricity | 0.198 |
| Inclination | 2.18° |
| Closest distance between its orbit and Earth's (MOID) | 1.11 au |
Data: NASA/JPL Small-Body Database and the IAU Minor Planet Center.
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