(6340) Kathmandu

Asteroid (6340) Kathmandu
Properties of the orbit ( animation ) Epoch: February 16, 2017 ( JD 2,457,800.5)
Orbit type	Main outer belt asteroid
Asteroid family	Ashkova group
Major semi-axis	3.2277 AU
eccentricity	0.1419
Perihelion - aphelion	2.7697 AU - 3.6857 AU
Inclination of the orbit plane	2.2945 °
Length of the ascending node	77.8914 °
Argument of the periapsis	70.4533 °
Time of passage of the perihelion	July 27, 2018
Sidereal period	5.80 a
Mean orbital velocity	16.58 km / s
Physical Properties
Medium diameter	19.078 (± 0.250) km
Albedo	0.064 (± 0.007)
Absolute brightness	12.3 mag
history
Explorer	Kin Endate Kazurō Watanabe
Date of discovery	October 15, 1993
Another name	1993 TF ₂ , 1978 EA ₅ , 1986 PS ₃ , 1989 AA ₁ , 1990 HS ₄ , 1990 HX ₄
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(6340) Kathmandu is an asteroid of the main outer belt discovered on October 16, 1993 by Japanese amateur astronomers Kin Endate and Kazurō Watanabe at the Kitami Observatory ( IAU code 400) on Hokkaidō . There had been several sightings of the asteroid before: on March 6, 1978 under the provisional designation 1978 EA ₅ at the Crimean Observatory in Nautschnyj , on August 1, 1986 (1986 PS ₃ ) at the Palomar Observatory in California , in January 1989 ( 1989 AA ₁ ) at the Kushiro Observatory in the Kushiro Shitsugen National Park on Hokkaidō, on April 17, 1990 (1990 HX ₄ ) at the Crimean Observatory in Nautschnyj and on April 22, 1990 (1990 HS ₄ ) at the Palomar Mountain Observatory.

The asteroid belongs to the Ashkova group, an AstDyS asteroid family, which was named after (3460) Ashkova .

(6340) Kathmandu was named on July 1, 1996 after the Nepalese capital Kathmandu . The name was proposed by the Japanese astronomer Isao Satō .

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