5786 Talos
| Discovery and designation | |
|---|---|
| Discovered by | R. H. McNaught |
| Discovery site | Siding Spring |
| Discovery date | September 3, 1991 |
| Designations | |
| MPC designation | 5786 |
| 1991 RC | |
| Orbital characteristics[1] | |
| Epoch August 27, 2011 | |
| Aphelion | 1.976 AU |
| Perihelion | 0.187 AU |
| 1.081 AU | |
| Eccentricity | 0.827 |
| 1.125 yr (410.8 d) | |
| 31.090° | |
| Inclination | 23.235° |
| 161.322° | |
| 8.341° | |
| Physical characteristics | |
| Dimensions | 0.89 km[2] |
| 38.52 h[1] | |
| 17.0 | |
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5786 Talos (1991 RC) is an Apollo asteroid discovered on September 3, 1991 by R. H. McNaught at Siding Spring. It has a very small perihelion distance; only two other named asteroids have one less than 0.2 AU, Icarus and Phaethon.
References
- ↑ 1.0 1.1 JPL Small-Body Database Browser on 5786 Talos Retrieved 2011-09-02
- ↑ NEODyS Database Browsed on (5786) Talos Retrieved 2014-03-07
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