(6854) Georgewest Main-belt Asteroid
Discovered on 20 October 1987 by K. W. Zeigler at Anderson Mesa.
George West is a small town in South Texas. It is the home of George West High School, and the George West Mobile Observatory, from which physics teacher Kenneth Zeigler and a group of George West High School students have used CCD photometry to determine the rotational periods of many asteroids.Naming citation (MPC batch dated 2018-10-26), IAU / Minor Planet Center, via NASA/JPL
Where Georgewest is today
Seen from above the solar system on 2026-10-14: Georgewest is 2.76 au from the Sun and 3.67 au from Earth. Computed from JPL's orbital elements.
Facts
| Number | 6854 |
| Provisional designation | 1987 UG |
| Orbit class | Main-belt Asteroid |
| Diameter | 4.20 km (#12,255 largest of 17,440 named asteroids with a measured size) |
| Albedo | 0.363 |
| Rotation period | 3.63 hours |
| Absolute magnitude (H) | 13.97 |
| Orbital period | 3.77 years |
| Semi-major axis | 2.42 au |
| Perihelion – aphelion | 1.90 – 2.95 au |
| Eccentricity | 0.216 |
| Inclination | 1.83° |
| Closest distance between its orbit and Earth's (MOID) | 0.907 au |
Data: NASA/JPL Small-Body Database and the IAU Minor Planet Center.
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