(6350) Schluter Main-belt Asteroid
Discovered on 17 October 1960 by van Houten, C. J., van Houten-Groeneveld, I., Gehrels, T. at Palomar.
Where Schluter is today
Seen from above the solar system on 2026-10-14: Schluter is 2.81 au from the Sun and 1.83 au from Earth. Computed from JPL's orbital elements.
Facts
| Number | 6350 |
| Provisional designation | 3526 P-L |
| Orbit class | Main-belt Asteroid |
| Diameter | 21.9 km (#1,977 largest of 17,440 named asteroids with a measured size) |
| Albedo | 0.0530 |
| Rotation period | 13.2 hours |
| Absolute magnitude (H) | 12.34 |
| Orbital period | 5.50 years |
| Semi-major axis | 3.12 au |
| Perihelion – aphelion | 2.81 – 3.43 au |
| Eccentricity | 0.0995 |
| Inclination | 11.5° |
| Closest distance between its orbit and Earth's (MOID) | 1.82 au |
Data: NASA/JPL Small-Body Database and the IAU Minor Planet Center.
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