(6248) Bardon Main-belt Asteroid
Discovered on 17 January 1991 by Z. Vavrova at Klet.
Zdeněk Bardon (b. 1961) is a Czech amateur astronomer, photographer and popularizer of astronomy. He built his own robotic observatory, and later worked on the automation of large professional telescopes around the world. He was the founder of the Czech Astrophoto of the Month, and was an ESO Photo Ambassador and is a Honorary Member of the IAU.Naming citation (WGSBN Bull. 2, #16, 5), IAU / Minor Planet Center, via NASA/JPL
Where Bardon is today
Seen from above the solar system on 2026-10-14: Bardon is 3.56 au from the Sun and 3.62 au from Earth. Computed from JPL's orbital elements.
Facts
| Number | 6248 |
| Provisional designation | 1991 BM2 |
| Orbit class | Main-belt Asteroid |
| Diameter | 11.0 km (#4,573 largest of 17,440 named asteroids with a measured size) |
| Albedo | 0.0920 |
| Rotation period | 16.6 hours |
| Absolute magnitude (H) | 13.31 |
| Orbital period | 5.52 years |
| Semi-major axis | 3.12 au |
| Perihelion – aphelion | 2.68 – 3.56 au |
| Eccentricity | 0.142 |
| Inclination | 0.507° |
| Closest distance between its orbit and Earth's (MOID) | 1.70 au |
Data: NASA/JPL Small-Body Database and the IAU Minor Planet Center.