(6450) Masahikohayashi Main-belt Asteroid
Discovered on 9 April 1991 by E. F. Helin at Palomar.
Masahiko Hayashi (b. 1959) served as a professor of astronomy at the Department of Astronomy of the University of Tokyo. His specialty is observational studies of stellar and planetary system formation. In 2012 he became the director general of the National Astronomical Observatory of Japan.Naming citation (20120831/MPCPages.arc), IAU / Minor Planet Center, via NASA/JPL
Where Masahikohayashi is today
Seen from above the solar system on 2026-10-14: Masahikohayashi is 3.04 au from the Sun and 3.48 au from Earth. Computed from JPL's orbital elements.
Facts
| Number | 6450 |
| Provisional designation | 1991 GV1 |
| Orbit class | Main-belt Asteroid |
| Diameter | 5.99 km (#8,946 largest of 17,440 named asteroids with a measured size) |
| Albedo | 0.449 |
| Absolute magnitude (H) | 13.6 |
| Orbital period | 4.05 years |
| Semi-major axis | 2.54 au |
| Perihelion – aphelion | 1.93 – 3.16 au |
| Eccentricity | 0.243 |
| Inclination | 8.51° |
| Closest distance between its orbit and Earth's (MOID) | 0.913 au |
Data: NASA/JPL Small-Body Database and the IAU Minor Planet Center.
Also discovered on 9 April 1991
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- (6327) Tijn
- (6402) Holstein
- (6451) Karnten
- (7584) Ossietzky
- (8666) Reuter
- (8667) Fontane
- (8853) Gerdlehmann
- (10331) Peterbluhm
- (10778) Marcks
- (11899) Weill
- (16529) Dangoldin
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- (2074) Shoemaker
- (2083) Smither
- (2099) Opik
- (2100) Ra-Shalom
- (2128) Wetherill
- (2143) Jimarnold
- (2220) Hicks
- (2335) James
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