(6610) Burwitz Main-belt Asteroid
Discovered on 28 January 1993 by Natori, A., Urata, T. at Yakiimo.
At the Max-Planck-Institut für extraterrestrische Physik, Vadim Burwitz (b. 1965) studies comets, planets, stars, white dwarfs, neutron stars and active galactic nuclei. He is also involved in the calibration of experiments on board x-ray satellites and has set up optical monitoring programs for discovering novae in M31.Naming citation (20081113/MPCPages.arc), IAU / Minor Planet Center, via NASA/JPL
Where Burwitz is today
Seen from above the solar system on 2026-10-14: Burwitz is 2.01 au from the Sun and 1.15 au from Earth. Computed from JPL's orbital elements.
Facts
| Number | 6610 |
| Provisional designation | 1993 BL3 |
| Orbit class | Main-belt Asteroid |
| Diameter | 5.19 km (#10,272 largest of 17,440 named asteroids with a measured size) |
| Albedo | 0.369 |
| Rotation period | 3.01 hours |
| Absolute magnitude (H) | 13.27 |
| Orbital period | 3.47 years |
| Semi-major axis | 2.29 au |
| Perihelion – aphelion | 1.90 – 2.68 au |
| Eccentricity | 0.172 |
| Inclination | 7.90° |
| Closest distance between its orbit and Earth's (MOID) | 0.909 au |
Data: NASA/JPL Small-Body Database and the IAU Minor Planet Center.