6188 Robertpepin

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6188 Robertpepin
Discovery A
Discoverer Schelte J. Bus
Discovery date September 16, 1988
Alternate
designations
B
1979 BX2; 1988 SW2
Category Main belt
Orbital elements C
Epoch March 06, 2006 (JD 2453800.5)
Eccentricity (e) 0.179
Semi-major axis (a) 473.511 Gm (3.165 AU)
Perihelion (q) 388.885 Gm (2.600 AU)
Aphelion (Q) 558.136 Gm (3.731 AU)
Orbital period (P) 2056.861 d (5.63 a)
Mean orbital speed 16.61 km/s
Inclination (i) 2.159°
Longitude of the
ascending node
(Ω)
55.646°
Argument of
perihelion
(ω)
287.105°
Mean anomaly (M) 44.012°
Physical characteristics D
Dimensions ~8 km
Mass ~5.4×1014 kg
Density 2.0? g/cm³
Surface gravity ~0.0022 m/s²
Escape velocity ~0.0042 km/s
Rotation period  ? d
Spectral class  ?
Absolute magnitude 12.6
Albedo (geometric) 0.10?
Mean surface
temperature
~156 K
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6188 Robertpepin is a Main belt asteroid discovered on September 16, 1988. The asteroid was discovered by Schelte J. Bus at the Cerro Tololo Inter-American Observatory in Chile. The asteroid was named after the American meteoriticist and professor Robert Pepin.