(35087) von Sydow Inner Main-belt Asteroid
Discovered on 16 October 1990 by E. W. Elst at La Silla.
Max von Sydow (b. 1929), a Swedish screen actor, played in several films under the directorship of Ingmar Bergman. Best known is his performance in Det Sjunde Inseglet (The Seventh Seal), where he plays chess with Death.Naming citation (MPC batch dated 2014-04-15), IAU / Minor Planet Center, via NASA/JPL
Where von Sydow is today
Seen from above the solar system on 2026-10-14: von Sydow is 2.10 au from the Sun and 2.97 au from Earth. Computed from JPL's orbital elements.
Facts
| Number | 35087 |
| Provisional designation | 1990 UE5 |
| Orbit class | Inner Main-belt Asteroid |
| Rotation period | 36.1 hours |
| Absolute magnitude (H) | 15.46 |
| Orbital period | 2.69 years |
| Semi-major axis | 1.93 au |
| Perihelion – aphelion | 1.76 – 2.10 au |
| Eccentricity | 0.0880 |
| Inclination | 21.2° |
| Closest distance between its orbit and Earth's (MOID) | 0.795 au |
Data: NASA/JPL Small-Body Database and the IAU Minor Planet Center.
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