(6315) Barabash Main-belt Asteroid
Discovered on 11 October 1990 by Ueda, S., Kaneda, H. at Kushiro.
Stanislav Barabash (b. 1964) has made essential contributions to the measurement and understanding of energetic neutral particles around the Earth and the nearest planets, as well as in the boundary regions of the heliosphere.Naming citation (MPC batch dated 2018-05-29), IAU / Minor Planet Center, via NASA/JPL
Where Barabash is today
Seen from above the solar system on 2026-10-14: Barabash is 2.51 au from the Sun and 2.93 au from Earth. Computed from JPL's orbital elements.
Facts
| Number | 6315 |
| Provisional designation | 1990 TS |
| Orbit class | Main-belt Asteroid |
| Diameter | 3.57 km (#13,783 largest of 17,440 named asteroids with a measured size) |
| Albedo | 0.351 |
| Absolute magnitude (H) | 14.24 |
| Orbital period | 3.36 years |
| Semi-major axis | 2.24 au |
| Perihelion – aphelion | 1.86 – 2.63 au |
| Eccentricity | 0.171 |
| Inclination | 4.68° |
| Closest distance between its orbit and Earth's (MOID) | 0.876 au |
Data: NASA/JPL Small-Body Database and the IAU Minor Planet Center.
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- (549648) Shirokov
- (584311) Pozhlakov
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Also discovered on 11 October 1990
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- (15264) Delbruck
- (15728) Karlmay
- (23473) Voss
- (69288) Berlioz
- (79129) Robkoldewey
- (85179) Meistereckhart
- (160512) Franck-Hertz
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More named asteroids discovered by Ueda, S., Kaneda, H.
- (3720) Hokkaido
- (4000) Hipparchus
- (4096) Kushiro
- (4127) Kyogoku
- (4155) Watanabe
- (4215) Kamo
- (4260) Yanai
- (4282) Endate
- (4284) Kaho
- (4343) Tetsuya
- (4350) Shibecha
- (4410) Kamuimintara
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