6188 Robertpepin

6188 Robertpepin
Discovery
Discovered by Schelte J. Bus
Discovery date September 16, 1988
Designations
1979 BX2; 1988 SW2
Main belt
Orbital characteristics
Epoch March 6, 2006 (JD 2453800.5)
Aphelion 558.136 Gm (3.731 AU)
Perihelion 388.885 Gm (2.600 AU)
473.511 Gm (3.165 AU)
Eccentricity 0.179
2056.861 d (5.63 a)
16.61 km/s
44.012°
Inclination 2.159°
55.646°
287.105°
Physical characteristics
Dimensions ~8 km
Mass ~5.4×1014 kg
Mean density
2.0? g/cm³
~0.0022 m/s²
~0.0042 km/s
? d
Albedo 0.10?
Temperature ~156 K
Spectral type
?
12.6

    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.