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6398 Timhunter

asteroid
Place asteroid Q557983

Facts

26 properties

Identity

Instance of
asteroid
More facts +25
Follows
(6397) 1991 BJ[6]
Followed by
6399 Harada[7]
Absolute magnitude
13.4 (13.2–13.4, n=3)[18][19][20]
Albedo
+0.333[40]
Apoapsis
+2.868, +2.870818566024486[31][32]
Argument of periapsis
+67.76096, +67.6372147219857[35][36]
Diameter
+5.528[39]
Discoverer or inventor
Carolyn S. Shoemaker, Eugene Merle Shoemaker, David H. Levy[1][2][3]
Epoch
November 21, 2025[41]
Longitude of ascending node
+128.96566, +128.9393050632927[27][28]
Mean anomaly
+284.23730, +224.0788159249747[37][38]
Minor planet group
asteroid belt[8]
Named after
Tim Hunter[5]
Orbital eccentricity
0.23 (0.22–0.23, n=3)[15][16][17]
Orbital inclination
23.9 (23.9–23.9, n=3)[21][22][23]
Orbital period
+3.59, +1308.954276008677[24][25]
Parent astronomical body
Sun[9]
Periapsis
+1.8187732, +1.812791116964194[33][34]
Provisional designation
1955 DB, 1988 PG, 1991 CD1[10][11][12]
Rotation period
+14.55[26]
Semi-major axis of an orbit
+2.3434566, +2.34180484149434[29][30]
Significant event
naming[14]
Site of astronomical discovery
Palomar Observatory[4]
Time of discovery or invention
February 10, 1991[13]
Time of periapsis
+2461494.7072641533[42]
🏷️ Also known as
en Timhunter en 6398 Timhunter de (6398) Timhunter fa سیارک ۶۳۹۸ ru Timhunter ru 1988 PG ru 1955 DB ru 1991 CD1 ru (6398) 1991 CD1 uk 6398 Тімхантер zh 小行星6398
🔖 Identifiers · 3
Freebase ID
/m/03mcph1
JPL Small-Body Database SPK-ID
20006398
Minor Planet Center body ID
6398

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🔗 Connections
Discoverer or inventor 3
Eugene Merle Shoemaker, Carolyn S. Shoemaker, David H. Levy
Epoch 1
November 21, 2025
Followed by 1
6399 Harada
Followed by (predecessor) 1
6399 Harada
Follows 1
(6397) 1991 BJ
Instance of 1
asteroid
Minor planet group 1
asteroid belt
Parent astronomical body 1
Sun
Preceded by (successor) 1
(6397) 1991 BJ
Site of astronomical discovery 1
Palomar Observatory
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Related Entities

Carolyn S. Shoemaker Eugene Merle Shoemaker

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Direct Wikidata claims

  1. [1] ↑ . Minor Planet Center database. Retrieved . ssd.jpl.nasa.gov. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  2. [2] ↑ . Minor Planet Center database. wikidata.org.
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  5. [5] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  6. [6] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  7. [7] ↑ . Minor Planet Center database. wikidata.org.
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  9. [9] ↑ . wikidata.org.
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  15. [15] ↑ . wikidata.org.
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  18. [18] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  19. [19] ↑ . minorplanetcenter.net. minorplanetcenter.net. Provenance: wikidata.org.
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  21. [21] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  22. [22] ↑ . minorplanetcenter.net. minorplanetcenter.net. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  23. [23] ↑ . JPL Small-Body Database. Retrieved . ssd.jpl.nasa.gov. Provenance: wikidata.org.
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  26. [26] ↑ . JPL Small-Body Database. Retrieved . ssd.jpl.nasa.gov. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  27. [27] ↑ . minorplanetcenter.net. minorplanetcenter.net. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  28. [28] ↑ . JPL Small-Body Database. Retrieved . ssd.jpl.nasa.gov. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  29. [29] ↑ . minorplanetcenter.net. minorplanetcenter.net. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  30. [30] ↑ . JPL Small-Body Database. Retrieved . ssd.jpl.nasa.gov. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  31. [31] ↑ . minorplanetcenter.net. minorplanetcenter.net. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  32. [32] ↑ . JPL Small-Body Database. Retrieved . ssd.jpl.nasa.gov. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  33. [33] ↑ . minorplanetcenter.net. minorplanetcenter.net. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  34. [34] ↑ . JPL Small-Body Database. Retrieved . ssd.jpl.nasa.gov. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  35. [35] ↑ . minorplanetcenter.net. minorplanetcenter.net. Provenance: wikidata.org.
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  37. [37] ↑ . minorplanetcenter.net. minorplanetcenter.net. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  38. [38] ↑ . JPL Small-Body Database. Retrieved . ssd.jpl.nasa.gov. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  39. [39] ↑ . JPL Small-Body Database. Retrieved . ssd.jpl.nasa.gov. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  40. [40] ↑ . JPL Small-Body Database. Retrieved . ssd.jpl.nasa.gov. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  41. [41] ↑ . JPL Small-Body Database. Retrieved . ssd.jpl.nasa.gov. Provenance: wikidata.org.
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  1. 6d ago · AbzalM · 2026-10-31 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Periapsis → {'unit': 'Q1811', 'amount': '+1.8187732'}, {'unit': 'Q1811', 'amount': '+1.812791116964194'}
    Orbital period → {'unit': 'Q577', 'amount': '+3.59'}, {'unit': 'Q573', 'amount': '+1308.954276008677'}
    Wikipedia languages → ['arz', 'ce', 'en', 'eo', 'es', 'fa', 'fi', 'fr', 'hu', 'hy', 'it', 'kaa', 'la',
    Rotation period → {'unit': 'Q25235', 'amount': '+14.55'}
    + 27 other properties edited (see Wikidata diff for full list)
    "/* wbeditentity-update-languages-and-other-short:0||kaa */ kaawiki sitelink"
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