(6505) Muzzio Main-belt Asteroid
Discovered on 3 January 1976 by Felix Aguilar Observatory at El Leoncito.
Juan Carlos Muzzio (b. 1946) is currently the director of the La Plata Institute of Astrophysics. His main field of research is stellar dynamics, an area to which he has contributed over 100 refereed papers.Naming citation (20070926/MPCPages.arc), IAU / Minor Planet Center, via NASA/JPL
Where Muzzio is today
Seen from above the solar system on 2026-10-14: Muzzio is 3.06 au from the Sun and 2.44 au from Earth. Computed from JPL's orbital elements.
Facts
| Number | 6505 |
| Provisional designation | 1976 AH |
| Orbit class | Main-belt Asteroid |
| Diameter | 15.6 km (#3,000 largest of 17,440 named asteroids with a measured size) |
| Albedo | 0.202 |
| Rotation period | 13.7 hours |
| Absolute magnitude (H) | 11.06 |
| Orbital period | 5.71 years |
| Semi-major axis | 3.19 au |
| Perihelion – aphelion | 2.58 – 3.81 au |
| Eccentricity | 0.192 |
| Inclination | 17.7° |
| Closest distance between its orbit and Earth's (MOID) | 1.66 au |
Data: NASA/JPL Small-Body Database and the IAU Minor Planet Center.
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