(6336) Dodo Main-belt Asteroid
Discovered on 21 October 1992 by S. Otomo at Kiyosato.
Named for a large, flightless bird first discovered in 1507 on the island of Mauritius and extinct since the seventeenth century.Naming citation (19990728/MPCPages.arc), IAU / Minor Planet Center, via NASA/JPL
Where Dodo is today
Seen from above the solar system on 2026-10-14: Dodo is 2.48 au from the Sun and 2.76 au from Earth. Computed from JPL's orbital elements.
Facts
| Number | 6336 |
| Provisional designation | 1992 UU |
| Orbit class | Main-belt Asteroid |
| Diameter | 8.70 km (#5,986 largest of 17,440 named asteroids with a measured size) |
| Albedo | 0.161 |
| Absolute magnitude (H) | 13.19 |
| Orbital period | 3.89 years |
| Semi-major axis | 2.47 au |
| Perihelion – aphelion | 2.23 – 2.72 au |
| Eccentricity | 0.0982 |
| Inclination | 9.49° |
| Closest distance between its orbit and Earth's (MOID) | 1.23 au |
Data: NASA/JPL Small-Body Database and the IAU Minor Planet Center.
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