(6077) Messner Main-belt Asteroid
Discovered on 3 October 1980 by Z. Vavrova at Klet.
Named in honor of Reinhold Messner (b. 1944), Italian mountaineer, adventurer and writer.Naming citation (19981208/MPCPages.arc), IAU / Minor Planet Center, via NASA/JPL
Where Messner is today
Seen from above the solar system on 2026-10-14: Messner is 2.50 au from the Sun and 2.13 au from Earth. Computed from JPL's orbital elements.
Facts
| Number | 6077 |
| Provisional designation | 1980 TM |
| Orbit class | Main-belt Asteroid |
| Diameter | 8.31 km (#6,294 largest of 17,440 named asteroids with a measured size) |
| Albedo | 0.280 |
| Spectral type | Sq |
| Absolute magnitude (H) | 12.66 |
| Orbital period | 4.66 years |
| Semi-major axis | 2.79 au |
| Perihelion – aphelion | 2.48 – 3.10 au |
| Eccentricity | 0.111 |
| Inclination | 4.30° |
| Closest distance between its orbit and Earth's (MOID) | 1.47 au |
Data: NASA/JPL Small-Body Database and the IAU Minor Planet Center.
Also named after someone called Reinhold
All asteroids named after someone called Reinhold
Also discovered on 3 October 1980
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