(6285) Ingram Main-belt Asteroid
Discovered on 2 March 1981 by S. J. Bus at Siding Spring.
During their sixteen-year tenure as housemasters of Ashdown House, a graduate dorm at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Vernon (b. 1924) and Elizabeth (b. 1940) Ingram interacted with thousands of students. Vernon, who discovered the genetic defect for sickle cell anemia, is a professor of biology at MIT.Naming citation (20020624/MPCPages.arc), IAU / Minor Planet Center, via NASA/JPL
Where Ingram is today
Seen from above the solar system on 2026-10-14: Ingram is 3.15 au from the Sun and 2.89 au from Earth. Computed from JPL's orbital elements.
Facts
| Number | 6285 |
| Provisional designation | 1981 EA26 |
| Orbit class | Main-belt Asteroid |
| Absolute magnitude (H) | 14.97 |
| Orbital period | 4.40 years |
| Semi-major axis | 2.68 au |
| Perihelion – aphelion | 2.18 – 3.18 au |
| Eccentricity | 0.186 |
| Inclination | 2.00° |
| Closest distance between its orbit and Earth's (MOID) | 1.20 au |
Data: NASA/JPL Small-Body Database and the IAU Minor Planet Center.
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