(6750) Katgert Main-belt Asteroid
Discovered on 24 March 1971 by van Houten, C. J., van Houten-Groeneveld, I., Gehrels, T. at Palomar.
Where Katgert is today
Seen from above the solar system on 2026-10-14: Katgert is 2.84 au from the Sun and 1.89 au from Earth. Computed from JPL's orbital elements.
Facts
| Number | 6750 |
| Provisional designation | 1078 T-1 |
| Orbit class | Main-belt Asteroid |
| Diameter | 9.85 km (#5,191 largest of 17,440 named asteroids with a measured size) |
| Albedo | 0.199 |
| Rotation period | 9.45 hours |
| Absolute magnitude (H) | 12.64 |
| Orbital period | 5.22 years |
| Semi-major axis | 3.01 au |
| Perihelion – aphelion | 2.71 – 3.31 au |
| Eccentricity | 0.0985 |
| Inclination | 9.26° |
| Closest distance between its orbit and Earth's (MOID) | 1.74 au |
Data: NASA/JPL Small-Body Database and the IAU Minor Planet Center.
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