(6600) Qwerty Main-belt Asteroid
Discovered on 17 August 1988 by A. Mrkos at Klet.
Qwerty is a popular name for the standard Roman-alphabet typewriter keyboard, based on the first six of the top row of letters. The Qwerty design was patented by Christopher Latham Sholes of Milwaukee, and the first typewriter was produced in 1874. The name was suggested by G. Schilling.Naming citation (20071124/MPCPages.arc), IAU / Minor Planet Center, via NASA/JPL
Where Qwerty is today
Seen from above the solar system on 2026-10-14: Qwerty is 2.03 au from the Sun and 2.18 au from Earth. Computed from JPL's orbital elements.
Facts
| Number | 6600 |
| Provisional designation | 1988 QW |
| Orbit class | Main-belt Asteroid |
| Diameter | 3.66 km (#13,546 largest of 17,440 named asteroids with a measured size) |
| Albedo | 0.437 |
| Rotation period | 11.0 hours |
| Absolute magnitude (H) | 13.93 |
| Orbital period | 3.39 years |
| Semi-major axis | 2.25 au |
| Perihelion – aphelion | 1.78 – 2.73 au |
| Eccentricity | 0.209 |
| Inclination | 2.82° |
| Closest distance between its orbit and Earth's (MOID) | 0.791 au |
Data: NASA/JPL Small-Body Database and the IAU Minor Planet Center.
Also discovered on 17 August 1988
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- (2199) Klet
- (2304) Slavia
- (2325) Chernykh
- (2367) Praha
- (2403) Sumava
- (2404) Antarctica
- (2552) Remek
- (2559) Svoboda
- (2747) Cesky Krumlov
- (2811) Stremchovi
- (2889) Brno
- (2936) Nechvile
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