6344 P-L

6344 P-L
Discovery [1][2]
Discovered byC. J. van Houten
I. van Houten-G.
T. Gehrels
Discovery sitePalomar Obs.
Discovery date24 September 1960
Designations
6344 P-L
2007 RR9
Apollo · NEO · PHA [1][2]
Orbital characteristics [1]
Epoch 4 September 2017 (JD 2458000.5)
Uncertainty parameter 0
Observation arc47.36 yr (17,298 days)
Aphelion4.6754 AU
Perihelion0.9332 AU
2.8043 AU
Eccentricity0.6672
4.70 yr (1,715 days)
31.506°
0° 12m 35.64s / day
Inclination4.7249°
183.57°
234.13°
Earth MOID0.0286 AU (11.1 LD)
Physical characteristics
250 m (generic at 0.20)[3]
460 m (generic at 0.06)[3]
20.4[1]

6344 P-L is an unnumbered, sub-kilometer asteroid and suspected dormant comet, classified as near-Earth object and potentially hazardous asteroid of the Apollo group that was first observed on 24 September 1960, by astronomers and asteroid searchers Tom Gehrels, Ingrid van Houten-Groeneveld, and Cornelis Johannes van Houten during the Palomar–Leiden survey at Palomar Observatory.[2]

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