6183 Viscome
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6183 Viscome is a main belt asteroid
with an orbital period
of 1279.8188914 days (3.50 years).
The asteroid was discovered on September 26, 1987 and is named in honour of American astronomer George R. Viscome
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Asteroid
Asteroids are a class of small Solar System bodies in orbit around the Sun. They have also been called planetoids, especially the larger ones...
with an orbital period
Orbital period
The orbital period is the time taken for a given object to make one complete orbit about another object.When mentioned without further qualification in astronomy this refers to the sidereal period of an astronomical object, which is calculated with respect to the stars.There are several kinds of...
of 1279.8188914 days (3.50 years).
The asteroid was discovered on September 26, 1987 and is named in honour of American astronomer George R. Viscome
George R. Viscome
George R. Viscome is an American astronomer. He also worked as a broadcast technician in Albany, New York.He has discovered numerous asteroids; in 1987 his observations lead to the identification and number of asteroid 6183, which was named in honour of him as a result.- References :...
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