(6701) Warhol Main-belt Asteroid
Discovered on 14 January 1988 by A. Mrkos at Klet.
The American painter and film-maker Andy Warhol (Andrew Warhola, 1928-1987) was a leader of the Pop Art movement. In the 1960s he attracted attention with exhibition of prints of startlingly ordinary images. Warhol worked also on experimental underground films.Naming citation (19991123/MPCPages.arc), IAU / Minor Planet Center, via NASA/JPL
Where Warhol is today
Seen from above the solar system on 2026-10-14: Warhol is 2.95 au from the Sun and 3.91 au from Earth. Computed from JPL's orbital elements.
Facts
| Number | 6701 |
| Provisional designation | 1988 AW1 |
| Orbit class | Main-belt Asteroid |
| Diameter | 8.94 km (#5,799 largest of 17,440 named asteroids with a measured size) |
| Albedo | 0.202 |
| Rotation period | 3.52 hours |
| Absolute magnitude (H) | 12.51 |
| Orbital period | 4.19 years |
| Semi-major axis | 2.60 au |
| Perihelion – aphelion | 2.22 – 2.97 au |
| Eccentricity | 0.145 |
| Inclination | 12.8° |
| Closest distance between its orbit and Earth's (MOID) | 1.22 au |
Data: NASA/JPL Small-Body Database and the IAU Minor Planet Center.
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