5656 Oldfield

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discoverer = W. Baade
discovery_site = Bergedorf
discovered = October 08, 1920
designations = yes
mp_name = 5656
alt_names = A920 TA
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epoch = May 14, 2008
aphelion = 3.1047995
perihelion = 1.8145797
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eccentricity = 0.2622729
period = 1409.0256153
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inclination = 4.02118
asc_node = 248.97859
mean_anomaly = 286.93500
arg_peri = 83.01704
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abs_magnitude = 13.6

5656 Oldfield (A920 TA) is a Main-belt Asteroid discovered on October 08, 1920 by W. Baade at Bergedorf. It has been named after the British multi-instrumentalist Mike Oldfield, creator of the famed "Tubular Bells" albums. [cite web |url=http://cfa-www.harvard.edu/iau/special/rocknroll/0005656.html |title=Oldfield 5656 |publisher=Harvard-Smithsonian Center for Astrophysics |accessdate=2008-04-02]

References

External links

* [http://ssd.jpl.nasa.gov/sbdb.cgi?sstr=5656+Oldfield JPL Small-Body Database Browser on 5656 Oldfield]