(6366) Rainerwieler Main-belt Asteroid
Discovered on 24 October 1981 by S. J. Bus at Palomar.
Rainer Wieler (b. 1949), professor at the Institute of Isotope Geology and Mineral Resources at ETH Zürich, has used analyses of cosmogenic nuclides and noble gases in meteorites to understand the conditions of their early formation, as well as their subsequent exposure and ejection histories.Naming citation (20020624/MPCPages.arc), IAU / Minor Planet Center, via NASA/JPL
Where Rainerwieler is today
Seen from above the solar system on 2026-10-14: Rainerwieler is 3.33 au from the Sun and 2.35 au from Earth. Computed from JPL's orbital elements.
Facts
| Number | 6366 |
| Provisional designation | 1981 UM22 |
| Orbit class | Main-belt Asteroid |
| Diameter | 15.0 km (#3,128 largest of 17,440 named asteroids with a measured size) |
| Albedo | 0.163 |
| Absolute magnitude (H) | 12.29 |
| Orbital period | 5.64 years |
| Semi-major axis | 3.17 au |
| Perihelion – aphelion | 2.94 – 3.39 au |
| Eccentricity | 0.0705 |
| Inclination | 3.68° |
| Closest distance between its orbit and Earth's (MOID) | 1.95 au |
Data: NASA/JPL Small-Body Database and the IAU Minor Planet Center.
Also named after someone called Rainer
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