(6183) Viscome Mars-crossing Asteroid
Discovered on 26 September 1987 by C. S. Shoemaker at Palomar.
Where Viscome is today
Seen from above the solar system on 2026-10-14: Viscome is 1.86 au from the Sun and 1.82 au from Earth. Computed from JPL's orbital elements.
Facts
| Number | 6183 |
| Provisional designation | 1987 SF7 |
| Orbit class | Mars-crossing Asteroid |
| Diameter | 6.79 km (#7,885 largest of 17,440 named asteroids with a measured size) |
| Albedo | 0.124 |
| Rotation period | 453 hours |
| Absolute magnitude (H) | 13.8 |
| Orbital period | 3.50 years |
| Semi-major axis | 2.31 au |
| Perihelion – aphelion | 1.64 – 2.97 au |
| Eccentricity | 0.289 |
| Inclination | 19.7° |
| Closest distance between its orbit and Earth's (MOID) | 0.737 au |
Data: NASA/JPL Small-Body Database and the IAU Minor Planet Center.
Also discovered on 26 September 1987
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- (3991) Basilevsky
- (6066) Hendricks
- (6635) Zuber
- (9564) Jeffwynn
- (9739) Powell
- (13927) Grundy