(6163) Reimers Inner Main-belt Asteroid
Discovered on 16 March 1977 by H.-E. Schuster at La Silla.
Dieter Reimers (b. 1943), director of the Hamburg Observatory, is well known for his work on white dwarfs and on mass loss from cool giant stars. He was instrumental in using Schmidt telescopes for wide-field quasar surveys.Naming citation (19990928/MPCPages.arc), IAU / Minor Planet Center, via NASA/JPL
Where Reimers is today
Seen from above the solar system on 2026-10-14: Reimers is 1.73 au from the Sun and 0.765 au from Earth. Computed from JPL's orbital elements.
Facts
| Number | 6163 |
| Provisional designation | 1977 FT |
| Orbit class | Inner Main-belt Asteroid |
| Diameter | 2.36 km (#16,504 largest of 17,440 named asteroids with a measured size) |
| Albedo | 0.502 |
| Rotation period | 6.68 hours |
| Absolute magnitude (H) | 14.38 |
| Orbital period | 2.68 years |
| Semi-major axis | 1.93 au |
| Perihelion – aphelion | 1.73 – 2.12 au |
| Eccentricity | 0.103 |
| Inclination | 20.3° |
| Closest distance between its orbit and Earth's (MOID) | 0.749 au |
Data: NASA/JPL Small-Body Database and the IAU Minor Planet Center.
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