(6080) Lugmair Main-belt Asteroid
Discovered on 2 March 1981 by S. J. Bus at Siding Spring.
Günter Lugmair (b. 1940), director of the Max-Planck-Institut für Chemie at Mainz, has made many contributions to the fields of meteoritic, lunar and terrestrial isotope geochemistry and solar system chronology. Among his achievements is the development of a dating method using samarium and neodymium isotopes.Naming citation (20020624/MPCPages.arc), IAU / Minor Planet Center, via NASA/JPL
Where Lugmair is today
Seen from above the solar system on 2026-10-14: Lugmair is 3.10 au from the Sun and 4.08 au from Earth. Computed from JPL's orbital elements.
Facts
| Number | 6080 |
| Provisional designation | 1981 EY26 |
| Orbit class | Main-belt Asteroid |
| Diameter | 12.2 km (#3,985 largest of 17,440 named asteroids with a measured size) |
| Albedo | 0.107 |
| Absolute magnitude (H) | 13.0 |
| Orbital period | 5.70 years |
| Semi-major axis | 3.19 au |
| Perihelion – aphelion | 2.92 – 3.46 au |
| Eccentricity | 0.0851 |
| Inclination | 5.24° |
| Closest distance between its orbit and Earth's (MOID) | 1.91 au |
Data: NASA/JPL Small-Body Database and the IAU Minor Planet Center.
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