6789 Milkey
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6789 Milkey is a main belt asteroid
with an orbital period
of 1305.8150228 days (3.58 years).
The asteroid was discovered on September 4, 1991, by Eleanor F. Helin
and received the provisional designation (previous apparitions were and ). It was named on June 13, 2006, after Robert Milkey, American executive officer of the American Astronomical Society
, 1995–2006.
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 1305.8150228 days (3.58 years).
The asteroid was discovered on September 4, 1991, by Eleanor F. Helin
Eleanor F. Helin
Eleanor Francis "Glo" Helin was an American astronomer. She was principal investigator of the Near Earth Asteroid Tracking program of NASA's Jet Propulsion Laboratory. Some sources give her name as Eleanor Kay Helin...
and received the provisional designation (previous apparitions were and ). It was named on June 13, 2006, after Robert Milkey, American executive officer of the American Astronomical Society
American Astronomical Society
The American Astronomical Society is an American society of professional astronomers and other interested individuals, headquartered in Washington, DC...
, 1995–2006.