6473 Winkler
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| Discovery and designation | |
|---|---|
| Discovered by | E. Bowell |
| Discovery site | Anderson Mesa |
| Discovery date | April 9, 1986 |
| Designations | |
| MPC designation | 6473 |
| Alternative names | 1986 GM |
| Orbital characteristics | |
| Epoch May 14, 2008 | |
| Aphelion | 3.0289041 |
| Perihelion | 2.3419847 |
| Eccentricity | 0.1278968 |
| Orbital period | 1607.3952325 |
| Mean anomaly | 23.09493 |
| Inclination | 7.43474 |
| Longitude of ascending node | 204.30159 |
| Argument of perihelion | 327.58616 |
| Physical characteristics | |
| Absolute magnitude (H) | 12.9 |
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6473 Winkler (1986 GM) is a main-belt asteroid discovered on April 9, 1986 by E. Bowell at Anderson Mesa.
It is named for Ron Winkler (1954- ), a digital engineer at the Goldstone deep space communications complex operated by NASA, who is particularly noted for his work on radar observation of near-Earth asteroids.[1]
References
- ↑ Schmadel, Lutz D. (2003): Dictionary of minor planet names, 5th Ed. Springer Verlag, Berlin, Heidelberg, New York ISBN 3-540-00238-3 . Google Books preview, 19 December 2011
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