5786 Talos Explained

Minorplanet:yes
Background:
  1. FFC2E0
Talos
Discoverer:R. H. McNaught
Discovery Site:Siding Spring
Discovered:3 September 1991
Mpc Name:(5786) Talos
Alt Names:1991 RC
Epoch:13 January 2016 (JD 2457400.5)
Observation Arc:8810 days (24.12 yr)
Uncertainty:0
Aphelion:1.9757abbr=onNaNabbr=on
Perihelion:0.18724AU
Semimajor:1.0815AU
Eccentricity:0.82687
Period:1.12 yr (410.79 d)
Inclination:23.234°
Asc Node:161.312°
Mean Motion: / day
Mean Anomaly:353.29°
Arg Peri:8.3478°
Moid:0.188899AU
Mean Diameter:[1]
Rotation:38.52abbr=onNaNabbr=on
Abs Magnitude:17.1

5786 Talos is an Apollo asteroid discovered on 3 September 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, 1566 Icarus and 3200 Phaethon.

Notes and References

  1. https://newton.spacedys.com/neodys/index.php?pc=1.1.9&n=Talos NEODyS Database Browsed on (5786) Talos