(6500) Kodaira Mars-crossing Asteroid
Discovered on 15 March 1993 by Endate, K., Watanabe, K. at Kitami.
Where Kodaira is today
Seen from above the solar system on 2026-10-14: Kodaira is 3.91 au from the Sun and 4.45 au from Earth. Computed from JPL's orbital elements.
Facts
| Number | 6500 |
| Provisional designation | 1993 ET |
| Orbit class | Mars-crossing Asteroid |
| Diameter | 9.49 km (#5,425 largest of 17,440 named asteroids with a measured size) |
| Albedo | 0.151 |
| Rotation period | 5.40 hours |
| Spectral type | B |
| Absolute magnitude (H) | 12.73 |
| Orbital period | 4.57 years |
| Semi-major axis | 2.75 au |
| Perihelion – aphelion | 1.60 – 3.91 au |
| Eccentricity | 0.418 |
| Inclination | 29.3° |
| Closest distance between its orbit and Earth's (MOID) | 0.816 au |
Data: NASA/JPL Small-Body Database and the IAU Minor Planet Center.
Also discovered on 15 March 1993
More named asteroids discovered by Endate, K., Watanabe, K.
- (4042) Okhotsk
- (4126) Mashu
- (4460) Bihoro
- (4491) Otaru
- (4497) Taguchi
- (4508) Takatsuki
- (4547) Massachusetts
- (4585) Ainonai
- (4607) Seilandfarm
- (4641) Ayako
- (4712) Iwaizumi
- (4773) Hayakawa
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