(6268) Versailles Main-belt Asteroid
Discovered on 22 September 1990 by E. W. Elst at La Silla.
Where Versailles is today
Seen from above the solar system on 2026-10-14: Versailles is 2.08 au from the Sun and 2.69 au from Earth. Computed from JPL's orbital elements.
Facts
| Number | 6268 |
| Provisional designation | 1990 SS5 |
| Orbit class | Main-belt Asteroid |
| Rotation period | 3.13 hours |
| Absolute magnitude (H) | 14.73 |
| Orbital period | 3.51 years |
| Semi-major axis | 2.31 au |
| Perihelion – aphelion | 1.88 – 2.74 au |
| Eccentricity | 0.185 |
| Inclination | 1.79° |
| Closest distance between its orbit and Earth's (MOID) | 0.896 au |
Data: NASA/JPL Small-Body Database and the IAU Minor Planet Center.
Also discovered on 22 September 1990
- (5186) Donalu
- (6012) Williammurdoch
- (6605) Carmontelle
- (7412) Linnaeus
- (7578) Georgbohm
- (7649) Bougainville
- (7871) Tunder
- (9949) Brontosaurus
- (10088) Digne
- (10089) Turgot
- (10316) Williamturner
- (10523) D'Haveloose
More named asteroids discovered by E. W. Elst
- (3631) Sigyn
- (3784) Chopin
- (3870) Mayre
- (3903) Kliment Ohridski
- (3910) Liszt
- (3912) Troja
- (3918) Brel
- (4038) Kristina
- (4226) Damiaan
- (4342) Freud
- (4344) Buxtehude
- (4345) Rachmaninoff
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