(6481) Tenzing Main-belt Asteroid
Discovered on 9 September 1988 by A. Mrkos at Klet.
Tenzing Norgay (1914-1986) was a Nepalese mountain climber of the Sherpa tribe. On 1953 May 29, as members of a British party, Tenzing Norgay and the New Zealand mountaineer Edmund Hillary became the first to scale the summit of Mount Everest---and return. The name was suggested by M. Tichy.Naming citation (19991123/MPCPages.arc), IAU / Minor Planet Center, via NASA/JPL
Where Tenzing is today
Seen from above the solar system on 2026-10-14: Tenzing is 2.33 au from the Sun and 1.34 au from Earth. Computed from JPL's orbital elements.
Facts
| Number | 6481 |
| Provisional designation | 1988 RH2 |
| Orbit class | Main-belt Asteroid |
| Diameter | 4.48 km (#11,679 largest of 17,440 named asteroids with a measured size) |
| Albedo | 0.463 |
| Rotation period | 6.52 hours |
| Absolute magnitude (H) | 13.56 |
| Orbital period | 3.44 years |
| Semi-major axis | 2.28 au |
| Perihelion – aphelion | 1.86 – 2.70 au |
| Eccentricity | 0.183 |
| Inclination | 6.29° |
| Closest distance between its orbit and Earth's (MOID) | 0.852 au |
Data: NASA/JPL Small-Body Database and the IAU Minor Planet Center.