(6517) Buzzi Inner Main-belt Asteroid
Discovered on 21 January 1990 by E. F. Helin at Palomar.
Italian amateur astronomer Luca Buzzi (b. 1982) is an assiduous observer of comets and minor planets from Schiaparelli Observatory in Varese.Naming citation (20060613/MPCPages.arc), IAU / Minor Planet Center, via NASA/JPL
Where Buzzi is today
Seen from above the solar system on 2026-10-14: Buzzi is 1.96 au from the Sun and 1.16 au from Earth. Computed from JPL's orbital elements.
Facts
| Number | 6517 |
| Provisional designation | 1990 BW |
| Orbit class | Inner Main-belt Asteroid |
| Rotation period | 8.65 hours |
| Absolute magnitude (H) | 14.63 |
| Orbital period | 2.67 years |
| Semi-major axis | 1.93 au |
| Perihelion – aphelion | 1.83 – 2.02 au |
| Eccentricity | 0.0480 |
| Inclination | 23.4° |
| Closest distance between its orbit and Earth's (MOID) | 0.826 au |
Data: NASA/JPL Small-Body Database and the IAU Minor Planet Center.
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