(6079) Gerokurat Outer Main-belt Asteroid
Discovered on 28 February 1981 by S. J. Bus at Siding Spring.
Gero Kurat (b. 1938), of the Natural History Museum in Vienna, is curator of the Vienna meteorite collection and president of the Meteoritical Society. His provocative ideas on the origin of meteorites have caused scientists to question basic paradigms about the origin of our solar system.Naming citation (20020624/MPCPages.arc), IAU / Minor Planet Center, via NASA/JPL
Where Gerokurat is today
Seen from above the solar system on 2026-10-14: Gerokurat is 3.09 au from the Sun and 3.97 au from Earth. Computed from JPL's orbital elements.
Facts
| Number | 6079 |
| Provisional designation | 1981 DG3 |
| Orbit class | Outer Main-belt Asteroid |
| Diameter | 22.0 km (#1,972 largest of 17,440 named asteroids with a measured size) |
| Albedo | 0.0530 |
| Absolute magnitude (H) | 12.47 |
| Orbital period | 5.75 years |
| Semi-major axis | 3.21 au |
| Perihelion – aphelion | 2.99 – 3.43 au |
| Eccentricity | 0.0699 |
| Inclination | 15.2° |
| Closest distance between its orbit and Earth's (MOID) | 2.03 au |
Data: NASA/JPL Small-Body Database and the IAU Minor Planet Center.
Also named after someone called Gero
All asteroids named after someone called Gero
Also discovered on 28 February 1981
- (2780) Monnig
- (2958) Arpetito
- (3287) Olmstead
- (3307) Athabasca
- (3602) Lazzaro
- (3805) Goldreich
- (4052) Crovisier
- (4192) Breysacher
- (4473) Sears
- (4523) MIT
- (4989) Joegoldstein
- (5046) Carletonmoore
More named asteroids discovered by S. J. Bus
- (2285) Ron Helin
- (2780) Monnig
- (2791) Paradise
- (2884) Reddish
- (2919) Dali
- (2980) Cameron
- (2981) Chagall
- (2990) Trimberger
- (3000) Leonardo
- (3029) Sanders
- (3030) Vehrenberg
- (3042) Zelinsky
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