(6351) Neumann Outer Main-belt Asteroid
Discovered on 26 March 1971 by van Houten, C. J., van Houten-Groeneveld, I., Gehrels, T. at Palomar.
Where Neumann is today
Seen from above the solar system on 2026-10-14: Neumann is 3.25 au from the Sun and 2.35 au from Earth. Computed from JPL's orbital elements.
Facts
| Number | 6351 |
| Provisional designation | 4277 T-1 |
| Orbit class | Outer Main-belt Asteroid |
| Diameter | 17.4 km (#2,595 largest of 17,440 named asteroids with a measured size) |
| Albedo | 0.0840 |
| Rotation period | 25.6 hours |
| Absolute magnitude (H) | 12.39 |
| Orbital period | 5.87 years |
| Semi-major axis | 3.25 au |
| Perihelion – aphelion | 3.24 – 3.26 au |
| Eccentricity | 0.00343 |
| Inclination | 8.13° |
| Closest distance between its orbit and Earth's (MOID) | 2.24 au |
Data: NASA/JPL Small-Body Database and the IAU Minor Planet Center.
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- (5491) Kaulbach
- (5492) Thoma
- (5698) Nolde
- (6202) Georgemiley
- (6257) Thorvaldsen
- (6429) Brancusi
- (6674) Cezanne
- (6752) Ashley
- (7367) Giotto
- (7908) Zwingli
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