6216 San Jose
Encyclopedia
6216 San Jose is a main belt asteroid. It orbits the Sun
every 4.57 years.
The minor planet
was discovered on September 30, 1975 by S. J. Bus at the Palomar Observatory
and given the provisional designation 1975 SJ. In 1998 was renamed San Jose to honor the city of San Jose
, California
, United States
, for its long support of nearby Lick Observatory
.
Sun
The Sun is the star at the center of the Solar System. It is almost perfectly spherical and consists of hot plasma interwoven with magnetic fields...
every 4.57 years.
The minor planet
Minor planet
An asteroid group or minor-planet group is a population of minor planets that have a share broadly similar orbits. Members are generally unrelated to each other, unlike in an asteroid family, which often results from the break-up of a single asteroid...
was discovered on September 30, 1975 by S. J. Bus at the Palomar Observatory
Palomar Observatory
Palomar Observatory is a privately owned observatory located in San Diego County, California, southeast of Pasadena's Mount Wilson Observatory, in the Palomar Mountain Range. At approximately elevation, it is owned and operated by the California Institute of Technology...
and given the provisional designation 1975 SJ. In 1998 was renamed San Jose to honor the city of San Jose
San Jose, California
San Jose is the third-largest city in California, the tenth-largest in the U.S., and the county seat of Santa Clara County which is located at the southern end of San Francisco Bay...
, California
California
California is a state located on the West Coast of the United States. It is by far the most populous U.S. state, and the third-largest by land area...
, United States
United States
The United States of America is a federal constitutional republic comprising fifty states and a federal district...
, for its long support of nearby Lick Observatory
Lick Observatory
The Lick Observatory is an astronomical observatory, owned and operated by the University of California. It is situated on the summit of Mount Hamilton, in the Diablo Range just east of San Jose, California, USA...
.