6312 Robheinlein

Robheinlein
Discovery
Discovered by H. E. Holt
Discovery site Palomar
Discovery date 14 September 1990
Designations
MPC designation (6312) Robheinlein
Named after
Robert A. Heinlein
1990 RH4
Orbital characteristics[1]
Epoch 13 January 2016 (JD 2457400.5)
Uncertainty parameter 0
Observation arc 12258 days (33.56 yr)
Aphelion 2.3361351 AU (349.48084 Gm)
Perihelion 2.0310901 AU (303.84675 Gm)
2.183613 AU (326.6639 Gm)
Eccentricity 0.0698487
3.23 yr (1178.6 d)
230.2657°
 18m 19.621s / day
Inclination 4.115970°
157.25263°
282.91883°
Earth MOID 1.05083 AU (157.202 Gm)
Jupiter MOID 2.79454 AU (418.057 Gm)
Jupiter Tisserand parameter 3.672
Physical characteristics
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    6312 Robheinlein (1990 RH4) is a main-belt asteroid discovered on September 14, 1990, by H. E. Holt at Palomar.

    This asteroid is named after Robert Anson Heinlein, the Dean of Science Fiction, author of the mainstream literary classic Stranger in a Strange Land, and Science Fiction novels Starship Troopers and The Moon is a Harsh Mistress.

    Heinlein helped narrate The Moon Landing with Walter Cronkite on CBS in 1969, was involved in the planning of the Star Wars Defense program in the 1980s, contributed the words Waldo and Grok to the English language, and popularized the phrases Space Marine, TANSTAAFL, and Pay it Forward.

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