(6230) Fram Main-belt Asteroid
Discovered on 27 September 1984 by Z. Vavrova at Klet.
Named for the ship that was built specially for polar research. It was used in expeditions of the Arctic and Antarctic regions by the Norwegian explorers F. Nansen, O. Sverdrup, O. Wisting and R. Amundsen. Fram is preserved at the Fram Museum in Oslo, Norway.Naming citation (MPC batch dated 2018-05-29), IAU / Minor Planet Center, via NASA/JPL
Where Fram is today
Seen from above the solar system on 2026-10-14: Fram is 2.56 au from the Sun and 1.57 au from Earth. Computed from JPL's orbital elements.
Facts
| Number | 6230 |
| Provisional designation | 1984 SG1 |
| Orbit class | Main-belt Asteroid |
| Diameter | 12.8 km (#3,778 largest of 17,440 named asteroids with a measured size) |
| Albedo | 0.0470 |
| Spectral type | C |
| Absolute magnitude (H) | 13.64 |
| Orbital period | 4.64 years |
| Semi-major axis | 2.78 au |
| Perihelion – aphelion | 2.55 – 3.01 au |
| Eccentricity | 0.0816 |
| Inclination | 3.27° |
| Closest distance between its orbit and Earth's (MOID) | 1.56 au |
Data: NASA/JPL Small-Body Database and the IAU Minor Planet Center.
Also discovered on 27 September 1984
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- (3732) Vavra
- (3932) Edshay
- (4082) Swann
- (4663) Falta
- (5203) Pavarotti
- (8336) Safarik
- (23437) Sima