6170 Levasseur

Levasseur
Discovery
Discovered by	E. Bowell
Discovery site	Flagstaff
Discovery date	5 April 1981
Designations
MPC designation	(6170) Levasseur
Named after	Pierre Émile Levasseur
Alternative designations	1981 GP
Orbital characteristics^[1]
Epoch 13 January 2016 (JD 2457400.5)
Uncertainty parameter 0
Observation arc	22375 days (61.26 yr)
Aphelion	3.1025618 AU (464.13664 Gm)
Perihelion	1.6020260 AU (239.65968 Gm)
Semi-major axis	2.352294 AU (351.8982 Gm)
Eccentricity	0.3189516
Orbital period	3.61 yr (1317.8 d)
Mean anomaly	272.29409°
Mean motion	0° 16^m 23.488^s / day
Inclination	22.58409°
Longitude of ascending node	11.79854°
Argument of perihelion	103.81651°
Earth MOID	0.757061 AU (113.2547 Gm)
Jupiter MOID	2.33228 AU (348.904 Gm)
Jupiter Tisserand parameter	3.389
Physical characteristics
Rotation period	2.6529 h (0.11054 d)
Absolute magnitude (H)	13.4

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

External links

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

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