(6175) Cori Main-belt Asteroid
Discovered on 4 December 1983 by A. Mrkos at Klet.
Carl Ferdinand Cori (1896-1984) and Gerty Theresa Cori (1896-1957) were American biochemists born in Prague, a husband-and-wife team who studied the hormonal influence on the interconversion of sugars in an animal organism. They won the 1947 Nobel Prize in chemistry. The name was suggested by J. Ticha.Naming citation (20000523/MPCPages.arc), IAU / Minor Planet Center, via NASA/JPL
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Where Cori is today
Seen from above the solar system on 2026-10-14: Cori is 3.78 au from the Sun and 4.57 au from Earth. Computed from JPL's orbital elements.
Facts
| Number | 6175 |
| Provisional designation | 1983 XW |
| Orbit class | Main-belt Asteroid |
| Diameter | 15.1 km (#3,111 largest of 17,440 named asteroids with a measured size) |
| Albedo | 0.0700 |
| Rotation period | 8.52 hours |
| Absolute magnitude (H) | 12.81 |
| Orbital period | 5.71 years |
| Semi-major axis | 3.19 au |
| Perihelion – aphelion | 2.54 – 3.85 au |
| Eccentricity | 0.206 |
| Inclination | 0.400° |
| Closest distance between its orbit and Earth's (MOID) | 1.54 au |
Data: NASA/JPL Small-Body Database and the IAU Minor Planet Center.
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