(6169) Sashakrot Main-belt Asteroid
Discovered on 2 March 1981 by S. J. Bus at Siding Spring.
Alexander (Sasha) Krot (b. 1959) is a world-class cosmochemist who has made many contributions to the field of meteoritics. His achievements include the discovery of an energetic astrophysical setting for chondrule formation and identifying the existence of an 16Oxygen-rich gaseous reservoir in the solar nebula.Naming citation (20020624/MPCPages.arc), IAU / Minor Planet Center, via NASA/JPL
Where Sashakrot is today
Seen from above the solar system on 2026-10-14: Sashakrot is 2.66 au from the Sun and 2.42 au from Earth. Computed from JPL's orbital elements.
Facts
| Number | 6169 |
| Provisional designation | 1981 EX4 |
| Orbit class | Main-belt Asteroid |
| Diameter | 10.3 km (#4,953 largest of 17,440 named asteroids with a measured size) |
| Albedo | 0.140 |
| Rotation period | 250 hours |
| Absolute magnitude (H) | 12.96 |
| Orbital period | 5.45 years |
| Semi-major axis | 3.10 au |
| Perihelion – aphelion | 2.66 – 3.54 au |
| Eccentricity | 0.142 |
| Inclination | 20.0° |
| Closest distance between its orbit and Earth's (MOID) | 1.71 au |
Data: NASA/JPL Small-Body Database and the IAU Minor Planet Center.
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