5656 Oldfield
| Discovery and designation | |
|---|---|
| Discovered by | W. Baade |
| Discovery site | Bergedorf |
| Discovery date | October 8, 1920 |
| Designations | |
| MPC designation | 5656 |
Named after | Mike Oldfield |
| A920 TA | |
| Orbital characteristics | |
| Epoch May 14, 2008 | |
| Aphelion | 3.1047995 |
| Perihelion | 1.8145797 |
| Eccentricity | 0.2622729 |
| 1409.0256153 | |
| 286.93500 | |
| Inclination | 4.02118 |
| 248.97859 | |
| 83.01704 | |
| Physical characteristics | |
| 13.6 | |
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5656 Oldfield (A920 TA) is a main-belt asteroid discovered on October 8, 1920 by W. Baade at Bergedorf. It has been named after the British multi-instrumentalist Mike Oldfield, creator of the famed Tubular Bells albums.[1]
References
- ↑ "Oldfield 5656". Harvard-Smithsonian Center for Astrophysics. Archived from the original on 23 March 2008. Retrieved 2008-04-02.
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