6255 Kuma

6255 Kuma
Discovery [1]
Discovered byA. Nakamura
Discovery siteKuma Kogen Obs.
Discovery date5 December 1994
Designations
(6255) Kuma
Named after
Kuma, Ehime
(Japanese town)[2]
1994 XT · 1975 VJ8
1981 DV3 · 1986 EB2
1988 SU4 · 1989 WP3
1992 OL1
main-belt · (middle)
Orbital characteristics [1]
Epoch 4 September 2017 (JD 2458000.5)
Uncertainty parameter 0
Observation arc41.37 yr (15,110 days)
Aphelion2.8302 AU
Perihelion2.6527 AU
2.7414 AU
Eccentricity0.0324
4.54 yr (1,658 days)
37.407°
0° 13m 1.56s / day
Inclination5.1205°
275.38°
193.11°
Physical characteristics
Dimensions15.53±3.67 km[3]
15.74±5.52 km[4]
16.955±0.135 km[5][6]
17.86±0.52 km[7]
21.50±9.05 km[8]
22.67 km (derived)[9]
22.72±1.7 km (IRAS:3)[10]
9.70±0.01 h[11][a]
0.0238 (derived)[9]
0.029±0.029[8]
0.0342±0.006 (IRAS:3)[10]
0.04±0.03[4]
0.058±0.004[7]
0.060±0.001[3][5][6]
C [9]
12.5[5][7][10] · 12.80[3][8] · 12.9[1][9] · 13.09[4]

6255 Kuma, provisional designation 1994 XT, is a carbonaceous asteroid from the central region of the asteroid belt, approximately 22 kilometers in diameter. It was discovered on 5 December 1994, by Japanese astronomer Akimasa Nakamura at Kuma Kogen Astronomical Observatory on the Island of Shikoku, Japan.[12] It was named after the Japanese town of Kumakōgen.[2]

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