(6335) Nicolerappaport Main-belt Asteroid

Discovered on 5 July 1992 by Helin, E. F., Alu, J. at Palomar.

Nicole Rappaport (b. 1950), a senior research scientist at the Jet Propulsion Laboratory, is an authority on radio science and the use of spacecraft tracking data to determine the masses and gravity fields for the natural satellites. She has also done important work on the dynamics of Saturn's ring particles.Naming citation (20100130/MPCPages.arc), IAU / Minor Planet Center, via NASA/JPL

Where Nicolerappaport is today

Seen from above the solar system on 2026-10-14: Nicolerappaport is 2.41 au from the Sun and 2.36 au from Earth. Computed from JPL's orbital elements.

Facts

Number	6335
Provisional designation	1992 NR
Orbit class	Main-belt Asteroid
Diameter	6.05 km (#8,846 largest of 17,440 named asteroids with a measured size)
Albedo	0.278
Rotation period	4.27 hours
Absolute magnitude (H)	13.43
Orbital period	4.28 years
Semi-major axis	2.64 au
Perihelion – aphelion	2.24 – 3.03 au
Eccentricity	0.151
Inclination	13.9°
Closest distance between its orbit and Earth's (MOID)	1.28 au

Data: NASA/JPL Small-Body Database and the IAU Minor Planet Center.

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