(37574) 1990 QE6
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Summary
(37574) 1990 QE6 is an asteroid[1]. (37574) 1990 QE6 ranks in the top 2% of asteroid entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (10 views/month).[2]
Key Facts
- Discoverer or inventor: Henry E. Holt[3]
- Site of astronomical discovery: Palomar Observatory[4]
- Follows: 37573 Enricocaruso[5]
- Followed by: (37575) 1990 QD7[6]
- Minor planet group: asteroid belt[7]
- Parent astronomical body: Sun[8]
- Provisional designation: 1977 RK18[9], 1990 QE6[10]
- Time of discovery or invention: August 25, 1990[11]
- Orbital eccentricity: 0.22[12], 0.2250469[13], 0.223835931233071[14]
- Absolute magnitude: 14.4[15], 14.51[16]
- Orbital inclination: 18.95971 degree[17], 18.96000566409184 degree[18]
- Orbital period: 4.34 years[19], 1587.62919700798 day[20]
- Longitude of ascending node: 352.52534 degree[21], 352.4900105148915 degree[22]
- Semi-major axis of an orbit: 2.6623066 astronomical unit[23], 2.663383879776628 astronomical unit[24]
- Apoapsis: 3.261 astronomical unit[25], 3.259544890737579 astronomical unit[26]
- Periapsis: 2.0631627 astronomical unit[27], 2.067222868815677 astronomical unit[28]
- Argument of periapsis: 319.86854 degree[29], 319.7064317666267 degree[30]
- Mean anomaly: 230.94783 degree[31], 55.39947315338993 degree[32]
- Diameter: 7.321 km[33]
- Albedo: 0.033[34]
- Epoch: November 21, 2025[35]
- Time of periapsis: 2460756.1838303413 Julian day[36]
Why It Matters
(37574) 1990 QE6 has Wikipedia articles in 5 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.[37] (37574) 1990 QE6 is known by 4 alternative names across languages and contexts.[38]