6537 Adamovich

6537 Adamovich
Discovery
Discovered byN. Chernykh
Discovery siteCrimean Astrophysical Obs.
Discovery date19 August 1979
Designations
(6537) Adamovich
Named after
Aleksandr Adamovich
(Byelorussian writer)
1979 QK6 · 1985 JQ
main-belt · Flora
Orbital characteristics
Epoch 4 September 2017 (JD 2458000.5)
Uncertainty parameter 0
Observation arc37.80 yr (13,805 days)
Aphelion2.6055 AU
Perihelion1.7518 AU
2.1786 AU
Eccentricity0.1959
3.22 yr (1,175 days)
306.60°
0° 18m 23.4s / day
Inclination4.0254°
120.08°
200.65°
Physical characteristics
Dimensions3.22±0.50 km
4.253±0.227 km
4.50 km (calculated)
2.4±0.1 h
0.170±0.029
0.24 (assumed)
0.50±0.18
S
13.9 · 13.81±0.14 (R) · 13.12±1.33 · 14.4

    6537 Adamovich, provisional designation 1979 QK6, is a stony Florian asteroid from the inner regions of the asteroid belt, approximately 4 kilometers in diameter.

    It was discovered on 19 August 1979, by Soviet–Russian astronomer Nikolai Chernykh at the Crimean Astrophysical Observatory, Nauchnyj, on the Crimean peninsula. The asteroid was later named after Byelorussian writer Aleksandr Adamovich.