(6365) Nickschneider Main-belt Asteroid
Discovered on 1 March 1981 by S. J. Bus at Siding Spring.
Nick Schneider (b. 1956) is an expert on Io's extended atmosphere and plasma torus. He has pioneered the use of mutual occultation events to study Io's corona, discovered evidence for sodium-bearing molecules in the jovian magnetosphere, and was co-discoverer of Ionian chlorine.Naming citation (20020624/MPCPages.arc), IAU / Minor Planet Center, via NASA/JPL
Where Nickschneider is today
Seen from above the solar system on 2026-10-14: Nickschneider is 3.42 au from the Sun and 2.60 au from Earth. Computed from JPL's orbital elements.
Facts
| Number | 6365 |
| Provisional designation | 1981 ES29 |
| Orbit class | Main-belt Asteroid |
| Diameter | 12.2 km (#3,986 largest of 17,440 named asteroids with a measured size) |
| Albedo | 0.108 |
| Rotation period | 40.1 hours |
| Absolute magnitude (H) | 13.19 |
| Orbital period | 4.82 years |
| Semi-major axis | 2.85 au |
| Perihelion – aphelion | 2.24 – 3.47 au |
| Eccentricity | 0.215 |
| Inclination | 8.38° |
| Closest distance between its orbit and Earth's (MOID) | 1.24 au |
Data: NASA/JPL Small-Body Database and the IAU Minor Planet Center.
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