(6235) Burney Main-belt Asteroid
Discovered on 14 November 1987 by Ueda, S., Kaneda, H. at Kushiro.
As an 11-year-old living in Oxford, England, Venetia Phair (née Burney, b. 1919) suggested the name Pluto for the “ninth planet” and first transneptunian object.Naming citation (20051215/MPCPages.arc), IAU / Minor Planet Center, via NASA/JPL
Where Burney is today
Seen from above the solar system on 2026-10-14: Burney is 2.55 au from the Sun and 3.31 au from Earth. Computed from JPL's orbital elements.
Facts
| Number | 6235 |
| Provisional designation | 1987 VB |
| Orbit class | Main-belt Asteroid |
| Diameter | 4.08 km (#12,535 largest of 17,440 named asteroids with a measured size) |
| Albedo | 0.351 |
| Rotation period | 15.5 hours |
| Absolute magnitude (H) | 14.07 |
| Orbital period | 3.36 years |
| Semi-major axis | 2.24 au |
| Perihelion – aphelion | 1.92 – 2.56 au |
| Eccentricity | 0.142 |
| Inclination | 2.92° |
| Closest distance between its orbit and Earth's (MOID) | 0.936 au |
Data: NASA/JPL Small-Body Database and the IAU Minor Planet Center.