(6349) Acapulco Main-belt Asteroid
Discovered on 8 February 1995 by M. Koishikawa at Ayashi.
Named for the city in Mexico, Acapulco is the international sister city of Sendai, Japan, affiliated since 1973. Acapulco is a famous resort and well known as one of the three most beautiful ports in the world. Hasekura Tsunenaga, the retainer of the famous Japanese feudal lord Date Masamune, made a stop there after he crossed the Pacific Ocean on his way to Rome.Naming citation (19990202/MPCPages.arc), IAU / Minor Planet Center, via NASA/JPL
Where Acapulco is today
Seen from above the solar system on 2026-10-14: Acapulco is 2.50 au from the Sun and 2.92 au from Earth. Computed from JPL's orbital elements.
Facts
| Number | 6349 |
| Provisional designation | 1995 CN1 |
| Orbit class | Main-belt Asteroid |
| Diameter | 20.4 km (#2,153 largest of 17,440 named asteroids with a measured size) |
| Albedo | 0.0450 |
| Rotation period | 4.48 hours |
| Absolute magnitude (H) | 12.4 |
| Orbital period | 4.36 years |
| Semi-major axis | 2.67 au |
| Perihelion – aphelion | 2.30 – 3.03 au |
| Eccentricity | 0.136 |
| Inclination | 10.8° |
| Closest distance between its orbit and Earth's (MOID) | 1.32 au |
Data: NASA/JPL Small-Body Database and the IAU Minor Planet Center.