(16513) Vasks Main-belt Asteroid
Discovered on 15 November 1990 by E. W. Elst at La Silla.
Latvian composer and contra-bassist Peteris Vasks (b. 1946) studied composition at the Latvian State Conservatory, including in his work a great sense of nature, both pristine and destroyed, as in his String Quartet No. 2 (1984). In 1997 he received the Latvian Grand Music Award for his violin concerto.Naming citation (20060613/MPCPages.arc), IAU / Minor Planet Center, via NASA/JPL
Where Vasks is today
Seen from above the solar system on 2026-10-14: Vasks is 2.49 au from the Sun and 2.96 au from Earth. Computed from JPL's orbital elements.
Facts
| Number | 16513 |
| Provisional designation | 1990 VP6 |
| Orbit class | Main-belt Asteroid |
| Diameter | 7.79 km (#6,787 largest of 17,440 named asteroids with a measured size) |
| Albedo | 0.206 |
| Rotation period | 26.3 hours |
| Absolute magnitude (H) | 13.05 |
| Orbital period | 4.17 years |
| Semi-major axis | 2.59 au |
| Perihelion – aphelion | 2.43 – 2.75 au |
| Eccentricity | 0.0616 |
| Inclination | 12.7° |
| Closest distance between its orbit and Earth's (MOID) | 1.44 au |
Data: NASA/JPL Small-Body Database and the IAU Minor Planet Center.
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