6188 Robertpepin
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| Discovery A | |
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| Discoverer | Schelte J. Bus |
| Discovery date | September 16, 1988 |
| Alternate designations B |
1979 BX2; 1988 SW2 |
| Category | Main belt |
| Orbital elements C | |
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| Eccentricity (e) | 0.179 |
| Semi-major axis (a) | 473.511 Gm (3.165 AU) |
| Perihelion (q) | 388.885 Gm (2.600 AU) |
| Aphelion (Q) | 558.136 Gm (3.731 AU) |
| Orbital period (P) | 2056.861 d (5.63 a) |
| Mean orbital speed | 16.61 km/s |
| Inclination (i) | 2.159° |
| Longitude of the ascending node (Ω) |
55.646° |
| Argument of perihelion (ω) |
287.105° |
| Mean anomaly (M) | 44.012° |
| Physical characteristics D | |
| Dimensions | ~8 km |
| Mass | ~5.4×1014 kg |
| Density | 2.0? g/cm³ |
| Surface gravity | ~0.0022 m/s² |
| Escape velocity | ~0.0042 km/s |
| Rotation period | ? d |
| Spectral class | ? |
| Absolute magnitude | 12.6 |
| Albedo (geometric) | 0.10? |
| Mean surface temperature |
~156 K |
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.
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