(6072) Hooghoudt Main-belt Asteroid
Discovered on 25 March 1971 by van Houten, C. J., van Houten-Groeneveld, I., Gehrels, T. at Palomar.
Where Hooghoudt is today
Seen from above the solar system on 2026-10-14: Hooghoudt is 3.22 au from the Sun and 4.04 au from Earth. Computed from JPL's orbital elements.
Facts
| Number | 6072 |
| Provisional designation | 1280 T-1 |
| Orbit class | Main-belt Asteroid |
| Diameter | 15.2 km (#3,092 largest of 17,440 named asteroids with a measured size) |
| Albedo | 0.132 |
| Rotation period | 4.27 hours |
| Absolute magnitude (H) | 12.26 |
| Orbital period | 5.61 years |
| Semi-major axis | 3.16 au |
| Perihelion – aphelion | 3.09 – 3.22 au |
| Eccentricity | 0.0211 |
| Inclination | 9.16° |
| Closest distance between its orbit and Earth's (MOID) | 2.09 au |
Data: NASA/JPL Small-Body Database and the IAU Minor Planet Center.
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