(6506) Klausheide Main-belt Asteroid
Discovered on 15 March 1978 by S. J. Bus at Palomar.
Klaus Heide (b. 1938), professor at Friedrich-Schiller-University in Jena, has applied the methods of evolved gas analysis and mass spectrometry to the study of tektites, impact glasses and stone meteorites. He has also made significant contributions to understanding the terrestrial weathering of meteorite finds.Naming citation (20030501/MPCPages.arc), IAU / Minor Planet Center, via NASA/JPL
Where Klausheide is today
Seen from above the solar system on 2026-10-14: Klausheide is 2.34 au from the Sun and 2.40 au from Earth. Computed from JPL's orbital elements.
Facts
| Number | 6506 |
| Provisional designation | 1978 EN10 |
| Orbit class | Main-belt Asteroid |
| Diameter | 3.50 km (#13,980 largest of 17,440 named asteroids with a measured size) |
| Albedo | 0.479 |
| Absolute magnitude (H) | 14.06 |
| Orbital period | 3.65 years |
| Semi-major axis | 2.37 au |
| Perihelion – aphelion | 2.25 – 2.49 au |
| Eccentricity | 0.0498 |
| Inclination | 6.39° |
| Closest distance between its orbit and Earth's (MOID) | 1.25 au |
Data: NASA/JPL Small-Body Database and the IAU Minor Planet Center.
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