(6133) Royaldutchastro Main-belt Asteroid

Discovered on 14 September 1990 by H. E. Holt at Palomar.

The Koniklijke Nederlandse Vereniging voor Weeren Sterrenkunde (KNVWS, Royal Netherlands Association for Meteorology and Astronomy), established in 1901, is a federation of more than fifty amateur organizations and public observatories.Naming citation (MPC batch dated 2017-01-12), IAU / Minor Planet Center, via NASA/JPL

Where Royaldutchastro is today

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Seen from above the solar system on 2026-10-14: Royaldutchastro is 2.87 au from the Sun and 2.57 au from Earth. Computed from JPL's orbital elements.

Facts

Number6133
Provisional designation1990 RC3
Orbit classMain-belt Asteroid
Diameter9.53 km (#5,394 largest of 17,440 named asteroids with a measured size)
Albedo0.0490
Absolute magnitude (H)14.37
Orbital period3.89 years
Semi-major axis2.47 au
Perihelion – aphelion2.03 – 2.91 au
Eccentricity0.178
Inclination2.60°
Closest distance between its orbit and Earth's (MOID)1.02 au

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

Also discovered on 14 September 1990

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