6170 Levasseur

Levasseur
Discovery and designation
Discovered by	E. Bowell
Discovery site	Flagstaff
Discovery date	April 05, 1981
Designations
MPC designation	6170
Named after	Pierre Émile Levasseur
Alternative names	1981 GP
Orbital characteristics
Epoch May 14, 2008
Aphelion	3.1015269
Perihelion	1.6028581
Eccentricity	0.3185685
Orbital period	1317.6732263
Mean anomaly	227.04083
Inclination	22.58383
Longitude of ascending node	11.84534
Argument of perihelion	103.84798
Physical characteristics
Absolute magnitude (H)	13.7

6170 Levasseur (1981 GP) is a Mars-crossing asteroid discovered on April 5, 1981 by E. Bowell at Flagstaff.

External links

JPL Small-Body Database Browser on 6170 Levasseur

References

Donald P. Pray, Adrian Galad, Stefan Gajdos, Jozef Vilagi, Walt Cooney, John Gross, Dirk Terrel, David Higgins, Marek Husarik, Peter Kusnirak (2006). "Lightcurve analysis of asteroids 53, 698, 1016, 1523, 1950, 4608, 5080, 6170, 7760, 8213, 11271, 14257, 15350 and 17509". Minor Planet Bulletin 33 (11): 92–95. Bibcode:2006MPBu...33...92P.

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