(6391) Africano Main-belt Asteroid
Discovered on 21 January 1990 by E. F. Helin at Palomar.
Where Africano is today
Seen from above the solar system on 2026-10-14: Africano is 2.96 au from the Sun and 2.83 au from Earth. Computed from JPL's orbital elements.
Facts
| Number | 6391 |
| Provisional designation | 1990 BN2 |
| Orbit class | Main-belt Asteroid |
| Diameter | 5.88 km (#9,114 largest of 17,440 named asteroids with a measured size) |
| Albedo | 0.268 |
| Rotation period | 69.7 hours |
| Absolute magnitude (H) | 13.7 |
| Orbital period | 4.31 years |
| Semi-major axis | 2.65 au |
| Perihelion – aphelion | 2.30 – 2.99 au |
| Eccentricity | 0.131 |
| Inclination | 14.3° |
| Closest distance between its orbit and Earth's (MOID) | 1.32 au |
Data: NASA/JPL Small-Body Database and the IAU Minor Planet Center.
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- (5435) Kameoka
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