Discovery date 26 March 1971 Observation arc 16825 days (46.06 yr) Orbits Sun Discovery site Palomar Observatory MPC designation 6257 | Alternative names 4098 T-1 Discovered 26 March 1971 Named after Bertel Thorvaldsen Asteroid group Asteroid belt | |
Discovered by Cornelis Johannes van Houten, Ingrid van Houten-Groeneveld and Tom Gehrels Aphelion 2.5506300 AU (381.56882 Gm) Perihelion 2.1307007 AU (318.74829 Gm) Discoverers Tom Gehrels, Cornelis Johannes van Houten, Ingrid van Houten-Groeneveld | ||
6257 Thorvaldsen (4098 T-1) is a main-belt asteroid discovered on March 26, 1971 by Cornelis Johannes van Houten, Ingrid van Houten-Groeneveld and Tom Gehrels at Palomar Observatory. It is named after the Danish sculptor Bertel Thorvaldsen.
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