(6834) Hunfeld Main-belt Asteroid
Discovered on 11 May 1993 by Shimizu, Y., Urata, T. at Nachi-Katsuura.
Jan Hunfeld (1934-2009) was a Dutch journalist at Boom-Pers in Meppel, publisher of the Meppeler Courant. In the 1980s and 1990s he edited a weekly science page in the Courant, in which he included news of the activities of the Royal Dutch amateur-astronomy society. The name was suggested by T. Jurriens.Naming citation (20090607/MPCPages.arc), IAU / Minor Planet Center, via NASA/JPL
Where Hunfeld is today
Seen from above the solar system on 2026-10-14: Hunfeld is 2.72 au from the Sun and 3.35 au from Earth. Computed from JPL's orbital elements.
Facts
| Number | 6834 |
| Provisional designation | 1993 JH |
| Orbit class | Main-belt Asteroid |
| Diameter | 9.70 km (#5,271 largest of 17,440 named asteroids with a measured size) |
| Albedo | 0.0570 |
| Absolute magnitude (H) | 14.2 |
| Orbital period | 3.82 years |
| Semi-major axis | 2.45 au |
| Perihelion – aphelion | 1.88 – 3.01 au |
| Eccentricity | 0.230 |
| Inclination | 4.26° |
| Closest distance between its orbit and Earth's (MOID) | 0.868 au |
Data: NASA/JPL Small-Body Database and the IAU Minor Planet Center.
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