6398 Timhunter
| Discovery | |
|---|---|
| Discovered by | C. S. Shoemaker, E. M. Shoemaker, D. H. Levy |
| Discovery date | 10 February 1991 |
| Designations | |
Named after | Tim Hunter |
| 1991 CD1 | |
| Main belt | |
| Orbital characteristics[1][2] | |
| Epoch 13 January 2016 (JD 2457400.5) | |
| Uncertainty parameter 0 | |
| Observation arc | 22306 days (61.07 yr) |
| Aphelion | 2.86900 AU (429.196 Gm) |
| Perihelion | 1.81738 AU (271.876 Gm) |
| 2.34319 AU (350.536 Gm) | |
| Eccentricity | 0.22440 |
| 3.59 yr (1310.1 d) | |
Average orbital speed | 19.21 km/s |
| 314.569° | |
| 0° 16m 29.226s / day | |
| Inclination | 23.8601° |
| 128.993° | |
| 67.7045° | |
| Earth MOID | 0.934344 AU (139.7759 Gm) |
| Jupiter MOID | 2.38153 AU (356.272 Gm) |
| Jupiter Tisserand parameter | 3.417 |
| Physical characteristics | |
| 14.55 h (0.606 d) | |
| 0.10? | |
| Temperature | ~182 K |
| 13.3 | |
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6398 Timhunter is a main belt asteroid. It is named for the American astronomer Tim Hunter.
References
- ↑ "The Asteroid Orbital Elements Database". astorb. Lowell Observatory.
- ↑ "6398 Timhunter (1991 CD1)". JPL Small-Body Database. NASA/Jet Propulsion Laboratory. Retrieved 13 April 2016.
External links
- (English) MPC Orbit (MPCORB) Database
- (English) - Jet Propulsion Laboratory - Small-Body Database Browser
- 6398 Timhunter at the JPL Small-Body Database
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