(6283) Menghuazhu Main-belt Asteroid
Discovered on 6 November 1980 by Purple Mountain Observatory at Nanking.
Meng-Hua Zhu (b. 1981) is a Chinese professor at Macau University of Science and Technology who studies impacts of planets and asteroids. His research contributes to understanding the planetary formation in the early solar system.Naming citation (WGSBN Bull. 5, #19, 6), IAU / Minor Planet Center, via NASA/JPL
Where Menghuazhu is today
Seen from above the solar system on 2026-10-14: Menghuazhu is 2.75 au from the Sun and 1.99 au from Earth. Computed from JPL's orbital elements.
Facts
| Number | 6283 |
| Provisional designation | 1980 VX1 |
| Orbit class | Main-belt Asteroid |
| Diameter | 11.0 km (#4,571 largest of 17,440 named asteroids with a measured size) |
| Albedo | 0.0560 |
| Spectral type | Ch |
| Absolute magnitude (H) | 13.84 |
| Orbital period | 4.66 years |
| Semi-major axis | 2.79 au |
| Perihelion – aphelion | 2.23 – 3.36 au |
| Eccentricity | 0.203 |
| Inclination | 7.30° |
| Closest distance between its orbit and Earth's (MOID) | 1.26 au |
Data: NASA/JPL Small-Body Database and the IAU Minor Planet Center.
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