6163 Reimers
asteroid
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Summary
6163 Reimers is an asteroid[1]. It has Wikipedia articles in 22 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.[2]
Key Facts
- Discoverer or inventor: Hans-Emil Schuster[3]
- Site of astronomical discovery: La Silla Observatory[4]
- Named after: Dieter Reimers[5]
- Follows: 6162 Prokhorov[6]
- Followed by: 6164 Gerhardmüller[7]
- Minor planet group: asteroid belt[8], inner asteroid belt[9]
- Parent astronomical body: Sun[10]
- Provisional designation: 1977 FT[11], 1988 JK[12]
- Time of discovery or invention: March 16, 1977[13]
- Significant event: naming[14]
- Orbital eccentricity: 0.10[15], 0.1025248[16], 0.1026287316846412[17]
- Absolute magnitude: 14.2[18], 14.3[19], 14.38[20]
- Orbital inclination: 20.30972 degree[21], 20.30730194329152 degree[22]
- Orbital period: 2.68 years[23], 977.1788903917484 day[24]
- Rotation period: 6.68 hour[25]
- Longitude of ascending node: 214.49996 degree[26], 214.4567281521436 degree[27]
- Semi-major axis of an orbit: 1.9271993 astronomical unit[28], 1.92715701298884 astronomical unit[29]
- Apoapsis: 2.125 astronomical unit[30], 2.124938692989046 astronomical unit[31]
- Periapsis: 1.7296137 astronomical unit[32], 1.729375332988634 astronomical unit[33]
- Argument of periapsis: 146.47592 degree[34], 146.3333982185738 degree[35]
- Mean anomaly: 85.51599 degree[36], 249.8728229966848 degree[37]
- Diameter: 2.361 km[38]
- Albedo: 0.502[39]
- Epoch: November 21, 2025[40]
- Time of periapsis: 2461299.4276461834 Julian day[41]
Why It Matters
6163 Reimers is known by 8 alternative names across languages and contexts.[42]