6170 Levasseur

6170 Levasseur
Discovery [1]
Discovered byE. Bowell
Discovery siteAnderson Mesa Stn.
Discovery date5 April 1981
Designations
(6170) Levasseur
Named after
Anny-Chantal Levasseur-Regourd [1]
(French planetary scientist)
1981 GP · 1983 TL2
1988 FA
Mars-crosser [1][2][3]
Phocea [4]
Orbital characteristics [2]
Epoch 27 April 2019 (JD 2458600.5)
Uncertainty parameter 0
Observation arc63.93 yr (23,349 d)
Aphelion3.1029 AU
Perihelion1.5996 AU
2.3512 AU
Eccentricity0.3197
3.61 yr (1,317 d)
240.28°
0° 16m 24.24s / day
Inclination22.580°
11.773°
103.77°
Earth MOID0.755 AU (294 LD)
Physical characteristics
5.68±0.57 km[5]
2.6529±0.0003 h[6][a]
0.239[5]
S [3][7]
13.00[7]
13.40[1][2][3][5]

6170 Levasseur, provisional designation 1981 GP, is a stony Phocaean asteroid and sizable Mars-crosser on an eccentric orbit from the inner regions of the asteroid belt, approximately 5.7 kilometers (3.5 miles) in diameter. It was discovered on 5 April 1981, by American astronomer Edward Bowell at the Anderson Mesa Station in Arizona.[1] The S-type asteroid has a short rotation period of 2.65 hours.[3] It was named for French planetary scientist Anny-Chantal Levasseur-Regourd.[1]

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