(6125) Singto Main-belt Asteroid
Discovered on 4 February 1989 by Ueda, S., Kaneda, H. at Kushiro.
Singto Pukahuta (1915-2007) was a prominent Thai astronomy educator and author. He was a founder and Director of the Bangkok Planetarium, and president of the Thai Astronomical Society. One of his books, Star Tales, was included in the List of 100 Good Books that Thai Children and Young Adults Should Read.Naming citation (MPC batch dated 2017-01-12), IAU / Minor Planet Center, via NASA/JPL
Where Singto is today
Seen from above the solar system on 2026-10-14: Singto is 2.31 au from the Sun and 3.10 au from Earth. Computed from JPL's orbital elements.
Facts
| Number | 6125 |
| Provisional designation | 1989 CN |
| Orbit class | Main-belt Asteroid |
| Diameter | 3.96 km (#12,845 largest of 17,440 named asteroids with a measured size) |
| Albedo | 0.287 |
| Rotation period | 10.3 hours |
| Absolute magnitude (H) | 13.9 |
| Orbital period | 3.31 years |
| Semi-major axis | 2.22 au |
| Perihelion – aphelion | 1.92 – 2.53 au |
| Eccentricity | 0.136 |
| Inclination | 1.31° |
| Closest distance between its orbit and Earth's (MOID) | 0.915 au |
Data: NASA/JPL Small-Body Database and the IAU Minor Planet Center.
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