6070 Rheinland

Rheinland
Discovery
Discovered by Freimut Börngen
Discovery site Tautenburg
Discovery date December 10, 1991
Designations
MPC designation 6070
Named after
 Rhineland
1991 XO1, 1950 TW1, 1983 NW
Orbital characteristics[1][2]
Epoch MJD 55600, MJD 57800, J200
2.388143165 AU
Eccentricity 0.21
3.69 yr
Inclination 3.13
Earth MOID 0.886506 AU
Jupiter MOID 2.56624 AU
Jupiter Tisserand parameter 3.502
Physical characteristics[3]
Dimensions 4.4 ± 0.6 km (diam)
4.27371 hr
-87°
124°
13.67

    6070 Rheinland (1991 XO1) is a main-belt asteroid discovered on December 10, 1991 by Freimut Börngen at Tautenburg.

    Binary Companion

    6070 Rheinland has a binary companion (54827) 2001 NQ8.[4][5][1][3]

    References

    1. 1 2 Vokrouhlický, David; Ďurech, Josef; Polishook, David; Krugly, Yurij N.; Gaftonyuk, Ninel N.; Burkhonov, Otabek A.; Ehgamberdiev, Shukhrat A.; Karimov, Rivkat; Molotov, Igor E.; Pravec, Petr; Hornoch, Kamil; Kušnirák, Peter; Oey, Julian; Galád, Adrián; Žižka, Jindřich (1 November 2011). "SPIN VECTOR AND SHAPE OF (6070) RHEINLAND AND THEIR IMPLICATIONS". The Astronomical Journal. 142 (5): 159. doi:10.1088/0004-6256/142/5/159.
    2. ↑ JPL Small-Body Database Browser on 6070 Rheinland
    3. 1 2 Vokrouhlický, David; Pravec, Petr; Ďurech, Josef; Hornoch, Kamil; Kušnirák, Peter; Galád, Adrián; Vraštil, Jan; Kučáková, Hana; Pollock, Joseph T.; Ortiz, Jose Luis; Morales, Nicolas; Gaftonyuk, Ninel M.; Pray, Donald P.; Krugly, Yurij N.; Inasaridze, Raguli Ya.; Ayvazian, Vova R.; Molotov, Igor E.; Colazo, Carlos A. (31 May 2017). "Detailed Analysis of the Asteroid Pair (6070) Rheinland and (54827) 2001 NQ8" (PDF). The Astronomical Journal. 153 (6): 270. doi:10.3847/1538-3881/aa72ea.
    4. ↑ Vokrouhlický, David; Nesvorný, David (1 July 2008). "PAIRS OF ASTEROIDS PROBABLY OF A COMMON ORIGIN". The Astronomical Journal. 136 (1): 280–290. doi:10.1088/0004-6256/136/1/280.
    5. ↑ Vokrouhlický, David; Nesvorný, David (1 January 2009). "THE COMMON ROOTS OF ASTEROIDS (6070) RHEINLAND AND (54827) 2001 NQ8". The Astronomical Journal. 137 (1): 111–117. doi:10.1088/0004-6256/137/1/111.
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