6500 Kodaira

6500 Kodaira
Discovery [1]
Discovered byK. Endate
K. Watanabe
Discovery siteKitami Obs.
Discovery date15 March 1993
Designations
(6500) Kodaira
Named after
Keiichi Kodaira
(Japanese astronomer)[2]
1993 ET · 1970 GE1
1973 ST5
Mars-crosser [1][3][4]
Orbital characteristics [1]
Epoch 4 September 2017 (JD 2458000.5)
Uncertainty parameter 0
Observation arc47.15 yr (17,222 days)
Aphelion3.9033 AU
Perihelion1.6061 AU
2.7547 AU
Eccentricity0.4170
4.57 yr (1,670 days)
181.45°
0° 12m 56.16s / day
Inclination29.321°
186.12°
255.49°
Physical characteristics
Dimensions9.487±2.081[5]
16.81 km (calculated)[4]
5.3983±0.0026 h[6]
5.3988±0.0002 h[7]
5.400±0.001 h[8]
5.496±0.009 h[9]
0.057 (assumed)[4]
0.151±0.110[5]
SMASS = B [1] · B [4]
12.39±0.21[10] · 12.6[1][4] · 12.640±0.007 (R)[6]

6500 Kodaira, provisional designation 1993 ET, is a highly eccentric, rare-type asteroid and sizable Mars-crosser from the central regions of the asteroid belt, approximately 10 kilometers in diameter. It was discovered on 15 March 1993, by Japanese amateur astronomers Kin Endate and Kazuro Watanabe at Kitami Observatory in eastern Hokkaidō, Japan.[3] It was named for Japanese astronomer Keiichi Kodaira.[2]

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