(6206) Corradolamberti Main-belt Asteroid
Discovered on 15 October 1985 by E. Bowell at Anderson Mesa.
Named in honor of Corrado Lamberti, an excellent writer and popularizer of astronomy and one of the founders and now director of the Italian popular astronomy review l´Astronomia. With his accurate work over the last 20 years, he has made a fundamental contribution to the dissemination of knowledge of astronomy in Italy. Name suggested and citation provided by M. di Martino.Naming citation (19990202/MPCPages.arc), IAU / Minor Planet Center, via NASA/JPL
Where Corradolamberti is today
Seen from above the solar system on 2026-10-14: Corradolamberti is 2.94 au from the Sun and 3.71 au from Earth. Computed from JPL's orbital elements.
Facts
| Number | 6206 |
| Provisional designation | 1985 TB1 |
| Orbit class | Main-belt Asteroid |
| Diameter | 5.89 km (#9,101 largest of 17,440 named asteroids with a measured size) |
| Albedo | 0.353 |
| Absolute magnitude (H) | 13.2 |
| Orbital period | 4.76 years |
| Semi-major axis | 2.83 au |
| Perihelion – aphelion | 2.71 – 2.95 au |
| Eccentricity | 0.0416 |
| Inclination | 1.11° |
| Closest distance between its orbit and Earth's (MOID) | 1.73 au |
Data: NASA/JPL Small-Body Database and the IAU Minor Planet Center.
Also named after someone called Corrado
All asteroids named after someone called Corrado
Also discovered on 15 October 1985
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- (3595) Gallagher
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- (4057) Demophon
- (4281) Pounds
- (4445) Jimstratton
- (4446) Carolyn
- (4665) Muinonen
- (4696) Arpigny
- (4739) Tomahrens
- (5463) Danwelcher
- (5554) Keesey