6500 Kodaira
| Discovery | |
|---|---|
| Discovered by | K. Endate K. Watanabe |
| Discovery site | Kitami Obs. |
| Discovery date | 15 March 1993 |
| Designations | |
| (6500) Kodaira | |
Named after | Keiichi Kodaira (Japanese astronomer) |
| 1993 ET · 1970 GE1 1973 ST5 | |
| Mars-crosser | |
| Orbital characteristics | |
| Epoch 4 September 2017 (JD 2458000.5) | |
| Uncertainty parameter 0 | |
| Observation arc | 47.15 yr (17,222 days) |
| Aphelion | 3.9033 AU |
| Perihelion | 1.6061 AU |
| 2.7547 AU | |
| Eccentricity | 0.4170 |
| 4.57 yr (1,670 days) | |
| 181.45° | |
| 0° 12m 56.16s / day | |
| Inclination | 29.321° |
| 186.12° | |
| 255.49° | |
| Physical characteristics | |
| Dimensions | 9.487±2.081 16.81 km (calculated) |
| 5.3983±0.0026 h 5.3988±0.0002 h 5.400±0.001 h 5.496±0.009 h | |
| 0.057 (assumed) 0.151±0.110 | |
| SMASS = B · B | |
| 12.39±0.21 · 12.6 · 12.640±0.007 (R) | |
6500 Kodaira, provisional designation 1993 ET, is a highly eccentric, rare-type asteroid and sizable Mars-crosser from the central regions of the asteroid belt, approximately 10 kilometers in diameter. It was discovered on 15 March 1993, by Japanese amateur astronomers Kin Endate and Kazuro Watanabe at Kitami Observatory in eastern Hokkaidō, Japan. It was named for Japanese astronomer Keiichi Kodaira.