(6601) Schmeer Main-belt Asteroid

Discovered on 7 December 1988 by Ueda, S., Kaneda, H. at Kushiro.

Patrick Schmeer (b. 1964) is an amateur astronomer observing cataclysmic variable stars from Saarbruecken-Bischmisheim, Germany. He detected the 1999 eruption of the recurrent nova U Sco and a number of rare dwarf nova outbursts, and he has identified several putative dwarf novae as minor planets.Naming citation (MPC batch dated 2017-06-09), IAU / Minor Planet Center, via NASA/JPL

Where Schmeer is today

Seen from above the solar system on 2026-10-14: Schmeer is 2.92 au from the Sun and 3.84 au from Earth. Computed from JPL's orbital elements.

Facts

Number	6601
Provisional designation	1988 XK1
Orbit class	Main-belt Asteroid
Diameter	6.95 km (#7,725 largest of 17,440 named asteroids with a measured size)
Albedo	0.133
Absolute magnitude (H)	13.94
Orbital period	3.65 years
Semi-major axis	2.37 au
Perihelion – aphelion	1.81 – 2.94 au
Eccentricity	0.238
Inclination	2.26°
Closest distance between its orbit and Earth's (MOID)	0.801 au

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

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Also discovered on 7 December 1988

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