(6614) Antisthenes Main-belt Asteroid

Discovered on 24 September 1960 by van Houten, C. J., van Houten-Groeneveld, I., Gehrels, T. at Palomar.

Where Antisthenes is today

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Seen from above the solar system on 2026-10-14: Antisthenes is 2.44 au from the Sun and 2.35 au from Earth. Computed from JPL's orbital elements.

Facts

Number6614
Provisional designation6530 P-L
Orbit classMain-belt Asteroid
Diameter9.21 km (#5,610 largest of 17,440 named asteroids with a measured size)
Albedo0.0400
Absolute magnitude (H)13.97
Orbital period3.91 years
Semi-major axis2.48 au
Perihelion – aphelion2.09 – 2.88 au
Eccentricity0.158
Inclination5.58°
Closest distance between its orbit and Earth's (MOID)1.10 au

Data: NASA/JPL Small-Body Database and the IAU Minor Planet Center.

Also discovered on 24 September 1960

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