6376 Schamp

Schamp

Discovery
Discovered by	C. S. Shoemaker and E. M. Shoemaker
Discovery site	Palomar
Discovery date	29 May 1987
Designations
MPC designation	6376
Alternative names	1987 KD1
Orbital characteristics[1]
Epoch 13 January 2016 (JD 2457400.5)
Uncertainty parameter 0
Observation arc	16246 days (44.48 yr)
Aphelion	3.2304371 AU (483.26651 Gm)
Perihelion	1.9194360 AU (287.14354 Gm)
Semi-major axis	2.574937 AU (385.2051 Gm)
Eccentricity	0.2545696
Orbital period	4.13 yr (1509.2 d)
Mean anomaly	314.0863°
Mean motion	0° 14^m 18.73^s / day
Inclination	16.35418°
Longitude of ascending node	159.76649°
Argument of perihelion	123.65246°
Earth MOID	0.951508 AU (142.3436 Gm)
Jupiter MOID	2.18565 AU (326.969 Gm)
Jupiter Tisserand parameter	3.326
Physical characteristics
Rotation period	6.6093 h (0.27539 d)
Absolute magnitude (H)	12.8

6376 Schamp (1987 KD1) is a main-belt asteroid discovered on May 29, 1987 by Carolyn and Eugene Shoemaker at the Palomar Observatory.

The asteroid was named after Americans stationed in Alice Springs, Larry and Becky Schamp, who cared for members of the Shoemaker family after an automobile accident in which Eugene Shoemaker died.^[2]

References

1. "6376 Schamp (1987 KD1)". JPL Small-Body Database. NASA/Jet Propulsion Laboratory. Retrieved 13 April 2016.
2. Schmadel, Lutz (2012). Dictionary of Minor Planet Names (Sixth ed.). Berlin: Springer-Verlag. p. 505. ISBN 9783642297182.

External links

• JPL Small-Body Database Browser on 6376 Schamp
• 6376 Schamp at the JPL Small-Body Database
  
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