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6572 Carson

asteroid
Thing Asteroid Q156239

Facts

26 properties
Instance of
asteroid
Follows
6571 Sigmund[4]
Followed by
6573 Magnitskij[5]
Absolute magnitude
12.7 (12.5–12.7, n=3)[20][21][22]
Albedo
0.274[41]
Apoapsis
3.221 au, 3.220816686436333 au[32][33]
Argument of periapsis
190.21240°, 190.2960331391513°[36][37]
Diameter
8.407 km[40]
Discoverer or inventor
Yrjö Väisälä[1]
Epoch
November 21, 2025[42]
Longitude of ascending node
141.09229°, 140.9735076866993°[28][29]
Mean anomaly
244.92299°, 205.1233125202606°[38][39]
Minor planet group
asteroid belt[6]
Named after
Rachel Carson[3]
Orbital eccentricity
0.27 (0.27–0.27, n=3)[17][18][19]
Orbital inclination
2.60387°, 2.606506561972204°[23][24]
Orbital period
4.06 year, 1,479.801170151244 day[25][26]
Parent astronomical body
Sun[7]
Periapsis
1.8659667 au, 1.861947431715125 au[34][35]
Provisional designation
1938 SX, 1942 TG, 1950 RA1, 1954 QB, 1977 DF9, 1990 KO2, 1994 JK[8][9][10][11][12][13][14]
Rotation period
2.8235 h[27]
Semi-major axis of an orbit
2.5435262 au, 2.541382059075729 au[30][31]
Significant event
naming[16]
Site of astronomical discovery
Iso-Heikkilä Observatory[2]
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Time of discovery or invention
September 22, 1938[15]
Time of periapsis
2,461,637.12973156 Julian day[43]
🏷️ Also known as
en Carson de 1938 SX de (6572) Carson fa سیارک ۶۵۷۲ ja 6572 カーソン ja カーソン ru (6572) 1938 SX ru 1950 RA1 ru 1942 TG ru 1954 QB ru 1977 DF9 ru 1990 KO2 ru 1994 JK uk 6572 Карсон zh 小行星6572
🔖 Identifiers · 3
Freebase ID
/m/03y14v3
JPL Small-Body Database SPK-ID
20006572
Minor Planet Center body ID
6572

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  1. [1] ↑ . Minor Planet Center database. Retrieved . ssd.jpl.nasa.gov. Provenance: wikidata.org.
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  3. [3] ↑ . wikidata.org.
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  1. 14d ago · AbzalM · 2026-10-31 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Periapsis → 1.865967 astronomical unit, 1.861947 astronomical unit
    Orbital period → 4.06 year, 1,479.80117 day
    Rotation period → 2.8235 hour
    Instance of → asteroid
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