120375 Kugel
| Discovery | |
|---|---|
| Discovered by | C. Rinner |
| Discovery site | Ottmarsheim Obs. |
| Discovery date | 10 August 2005 |
| Designations | |
| (120375) Kugel | |
Named after | François Kugel (French astronomer) |
| 2005 PB6 · 1998 SM108 2001 KE74 | |
| main-belt · (inner) background · near-Flora | |
| Orbital characteristics | |
| Epoch 1 July 2021 (JD 2459396.5) | |
| Uncertainty parameter 0 | |
| Observation arc | 22.53 yr (8,228 d) |
| Aphelion | 2.8289 AU |
| Perihelion | 1.8077 AU |
| 2.3183 AU | |
| Eccentricity | 0.2202 |
| 3.53 yr (1,289 d) | |
| 189.77° | |
| 0° 16m 45.12s / day | |
| Inclination | 2.7591° |
| 229.91° | |
| 97.616° | |
| Physical characteristics | |
| 1.05 km (calculated) | |
| 6.923±0.0085 h | |
| 0.24 (assumed) | |
| S/Q (SDSS-MOC) | |
| 16.619±0.003 (R) 16.7 · 17.07 | |
120375 Kugel, provisional designation: 2005 PB6, is a background asteroid from the inner regions of the asteroid belt, approximately 1 kilometer (0.6 miles) in diameter. It was discovered on 10 August 2005, by French amateur astronomer Claudine Rinner at her Ottmarsheim Observatory (224) in France. The stony S/Q-type asteroid in the region of the Florian clan has a tentative rotation period of 6.9 hours. It was named after French astronomer François Kugel.