6894 Macreid
| Discovery | |
|---|---|
| Discovered by | E. F. Helin |
| Discovery site | Palomar |
| Discovery date | September 5, 1986 |
| Designations | |
| MPC designation | 6894 |
| 1986 RE2 | |
| Orbital characteristics | |
| Epoch May 14, 2008 | |
| Aphelion | 2.8447134 |
| Perihelion | 2.4551556 |
| Eccentricity | 0.0735033 |
| 1575.6187356 | |
| 340.25980 | |
| Inclination | 21.19273 |
| 296.77616 | |
| 106.25177 | |
| Physical characteristics | |
| 11.9 | |
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6894 Macreid (1986 RE2) is a main-belt asteroid discovered on September 5, 1986 by E. F. Helin at Palomar. It was named in honor of Macgregor S. Reid, Ph.D., a widely respected manager at Jet Propulsion Laboratory, upon his retirement in 1998[1] after 30 years of service to the lab, the United States space program, and international standards.[2]
References
- ↑ "Wiley: Low-Noise Systems in the Deep Space Network - Macgregor S. Reid". Amazon.com. Retrieved May 11, 2014.
- ↑ "JPL Small-Body Database Browser on 6894 Macreid". Jet Propulsion Laboratory. Retrieved May 11, 2014.
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