6473 Winkler
| Discovery | |
|---|---|
| Discovered by | E. Bowell |
| Discovery site | Anderson Mesa Stn. |
| Discovery date | 9 April 1986 |
| Designations | |
| MPC designation | 6473 |
| 1986 GM | |
| Orbital characteristics[1] | |
| Epoch 13 January 2016 (JD 2457400.5) | |
| Uncertainty parameter 0 | |
| Observation arc | 22248 days (60.91 yr) |
| Aphelion | 3.0341069 AU (453.89593 Gm) |
| Perihelion | 2.3335011 AU (349.08680 Gm) |
| 2.683804 AU (401.4914 Gm) | |
| Eccentricity | 0.1305248 |
| 4.40 yr (1605.9 d) | |
| 287.92205° | |
| 0° 13m 27.013s / day | |
| Inclination | 7.463523° |
| 204.03701° | |
| 329.84732° | |
| Earth MOID | 1.34113 AU (200.630 Gm) |
| Jupiter MOID | 1.95012 AU (291.734 Gm) |
| Jupiter Tisserand parameter | 3.351 |
| Physical characteristics | |
| 13.0 | |
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6473 Winkler (1986 GM) is a main-belt asteroid discovered on April 9, 1986 by Edward Bowell at Anderson Mesa Station.
According to Schmadel, it is named for Ron Winkler (1954-), a digital engineer at the Goldstone deep space communications complex operated by NASA, who is particularly noted for his work on radar observation of near-Earth asteroids.[2] However, the US Naval Observatory reports it is named after Gernot M. R. Winkler, who worked there between 1966 and 1995[3] and was awarded the 1988 I. I. Rabi Award for his "early development of worldwide clock synchronization through use of portable clocks; encouragement and support for the development of atomic frequency standards from their earliest days; and international leadership in the time and frequency community."
References
- ↑ "6473 Winkler (1986 GM)". JPL Small-Body Database. NASA/Jet Propulsion Laboratory. Retrieved 13 April 2016.
- ↑ Schmadel, Lutz D. (2003): Dictionary of minor planet names, 5th Ed. Springer Verlag, Berlin, Heidelberg, New York ISBN 3-540-00238-3 Google Books preview, 19 December 2011
- ↑ "The USNO Asteroid Connection" (PDF). The USNO Transit. April–May 2009. Retrieved 2014-09-04.
