6170 Levasseur
| Discovery | |
|---|---|
| Discovered by | E. Bowell |
| Discovery site | Flagstaff |
| Discovery date | 5 April 1981 |
| Designations | |
| 6170 | |
Named after | Pierre Émile Levasseur |
| 1981 GP | |
| Orbital characteristics[1] | |
| Epoch 13 January 2016 (JD 2457400.5) | |
| Uncertainty parameter 0 | |
| Observation arc | 22375 days (61.26 yr) |
| Aphelion | 3.1025618 AU (464.13664 Gm) |
| Perihelion | 1.6020260 AU (239.65968 Gm) |
| 2.352294 AU (351.8982 Gm) | |
| Eccentricity | 0.3189516 |
| 3.61 yr (1317.8 d) | |
| 272.29409° | |
| 0° 16m 23.488s / day | |
| Inclination | 22.58409° |
| 11.79854° | |
| 103.81651° | |
| Earth MOID | 0.757061 AU (113.2547 Gm) |
| Jupiter MOID | 2.33228 AU (348.904 Gm) |
| TJupiter | 3.389 |
| Physical characteristics | |
| 2.6529 h (0.11054 d) | |
| 13.4 | |
6170 Levasseur (1981 GP) is a Mars-crossing asteroid discovered on April 5, 1981 by E. Bowell at Flagstaff.
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References
- Donald P. Pray; Adrian Galad; Stefan Gajdos; Jozef Vilagi; Walt Cooney; John Gross; et al. (2006). "Lightcurve analysis of asteroids 53, 698, 1016, 1523, 1950, 4608, 5080, 6170, 7760, 8213, 11271, 14257, 15350 and 17509" (PDF). Minor Planet Bulletin. 33 (11): 92–95. Bibcode:2006MPBu...33...92P.
- ^ "6170 Levasseur (1981 GP)". JPL Small-Body Database. NASA/Jet Propulsion Laboratory. Retrieved 13 April 2016.
