(6898) Saint-Marys Main-belt Asteroid
Discovered on 8 June 1988 by C. S. Shoemaker at Palomar.
Saint Mary's University, Halifax, N.S., is Atlantic Canada's primary center for instruction, public relations and research in astronomy and astrophysics. The university, founded in 1802, is the site of the Burke-Gaffney Observatory, used for the detection of supernova 1995F, the first such discovery of an all-Canadian nature.Naming citation (20020724/MPCPages.arc), IAU / Minor Planet Center, via NASA/JPL
Where Saint-Marys is today
Seen from above the solar system on 2026-10-14: Saint-Marys is 2.66 au from the Sun and 3.21 au from Earth. Computed from JPL's orbital elements.
Facts
| Number | 6898 |
| Provisional designation | 1988 LE |
| Orbit class | Main-belt Asteroid |
| Diameter | 8.45 km (#6,185 largest of 17,440 named asteroids with a measured size) |
| Albedo | 0.226 |
| Absolute magnitude (H) | 12.68 |
| Orbital period | 4.36 years |
| Semi-major axis | 2.67 au |
| Perihelion – aphelion | 2.34 – 2.99 au |
| Eccentricity | 0.121 |
| Inclination | 14.2° |
| Closest distance between its orbit and Earth's (MOID) | 1.35 au |
Data: NASA/JPL Small-Body Database and the IAU Minor Planet Center.