6296 Cleveland

Cleveland

Discovery
Discovered by	Helin, E. F.
Discovery site	Palomar
Discovery date	12 July 1988
Designations
MPC designation	6296
Named after	Cleveland
Alternative names	1988 NC
Orbital characteristics[1]
Epoch 13 January 2016 (JD 2457400.5)
Uncertainty parameter 0
Observation arc	12474 days (34.15 yr)
Aphelion	2.0085 AU (300.47 Gm)
Perihelion	1.7737 AU (265.34 Gm)
Semi-major axis	1.8911 AU (282.90 Gm)
Eccentricity	0.062090
Orbital period	2.60 yr (949.89 d)
Mean anomaly	348.22°
Mean motion	0° 22^m 44.364^s / day
Inclination	27.054°
Longitude of ascending node	111.518°
Argument of perihelion	36.900°
Earth MOID	0.807126 AU (120.7443 Gm)
Jupiter MOID	3.11596 AU (466.141 Gm)
Jupiter Tisserand parameter	3.823
Physical characteristics
Rotation period	30.84 h (1.285 d)
Absolute magnitude (H)	14.3

6296 Cleveland (1988 NC) is an inner main-belt asteroid discovered on July 12, 1988 by Helin, E. F. at Palomar.

Photometric observations of this asteroid collected during 2006 show a rotation period of 13.38 ± 0.2 hours with a brightness variation of 0.20 ± 0.03 magnitude.^[2]

References

1. "6296 Cleveland (1988 NC)". JPL Small-Body Database. NASA/Jet Propulsion Laboratory. Retrieved 13 April 2016.
2. Warner, Brian D. (December 2006), "Asteroid lightcurve analysis at the Palmer Divide Observatory - March - June 2006", The Minor Planet Bulletin 33 (4): 85–88, Bibcode:2006MPBu...33...85W.

External links

• JPL Small-Body Database Browser on 6296 Cleveland
• 6296 Cleveland at the JPL Small-Body Database

• Discovery · Orbit diagram · Orbital elements · Physical parameters